Etymology

speechify

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Today it means: To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length. Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English speech
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*sprākī
  2. Proto-West Germanic*sprāku
  3. Old Englishsprǣċ
  4. Old Englishspǣċ
  5. Middle Englishspeche
  6. Englishspeech
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. Proto-Italic*θakos
  9. English todayspeechify

From speech + -ify.

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