Etymology

speechment

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Today it means: An act of speaking; a speech. Full definition →

English speech ← Middle English speche ← Old English spǣċ
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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. English todayspeechment

From speech + -ment.

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