Etymology

speechlore

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Today it means: The science, study, or knowledge of language or speech; linguistics. Full definition →

English lore ← Middle English lore ← Old English lār
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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*leys-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(le-)lóys-e
  9. Proto-Germanic*lizaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*laizijaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*laizō
  12. Proto-West Germanic*laiʀu
  13. Old Englishlār
  14. Middle Englishlore
  15. Englishlore
  16. English todayspeechlore

From speech + lore.

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