The story
- Old English · derived fromspēc“speech”
- English todaySpetchley
From Old English spēc (“speech”), denoting a place where assemblies were held, + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to speech + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishspēc all →
speke
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.