Where does “speechify” come from?
speechify (English) comes from English -ify, from Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō — to do, put, place.
speechify (English): To give a speech; to hold forth; to pronounce...
Definitions
- To give a speech; to hold forth; to pronounce...
Ancestry of “speechify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ify | To produce verbs meaning "to make" |
| 2 | Middle English | -ifien | — |
| 3 | Old French | -ifier | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ifico | Enlarged form of of -ficō; dative masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 6 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
Words derived from “speechify”