Where does “speechment” come from?

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

speechment (English): An act of speaking; a speech

Definitions

  1. An act of speaking; a speech

Ancestry of “speechment”, step by step

speechment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English speech

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspeechThe faculty of uttering articulate sounds or...
2Middle Englishspechespeaking, speech; dialogue, discussion,...
3Old Englishspǣċ—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old English spǣċ →Every word from Middle English speche →