Where does “speechification” come from?
speechification (English) comes from English speech, from Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku.
speechification (English): The act of speechifying
Ancestry of “speechification”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | speech | The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or... |
| 2 | Middle English | speche | speaking, speech; dialogue, discussion,... |
| 3 | Old English | spǣċ | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | — |