Where does “спичрайтер” come from?
спичрайтер (Russian) comes from English speechwriter, from English speech, from Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.
спичрайтер (Russian): speechwriter
Definitions
- speechwriter
Ancestry of “спичрайтер”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speechwriter | someone who writes speeches for others,... |
| 2 | English | speech | The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or... |
| 3 | Middle English | speche | speaking, speech; dialogue, discussion,... |
| 4 | Old English | spǣċ | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | speech, language |