Where does “speech” come from?

speech (Dutch) comes from English speech, from Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.

speech (Dutch): speech, oration

Definitions

  1. speech, oration

Ancestry of “speech”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspeechThe faculty of uttering articulate sounds or...
2Middle Englishspechespeaking, speech; dialogue, discussion,...
3Old Englishspǣċ—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old English spǣċ →Every word from Middle English speche →