English
speechcraft
From speech + -craft.
Formed from speech + -craft
Proto-Indo-European *spereg- ‘to make a sound’
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Proto-West Germanic *sprāku ‘speech, language’
Old English sprǣċ ‘speech, language’
Old English spǣċ ‘speech’
Middle English speche ‘speaking, speech’
English speech
Today it means
noun The art, skill or science of speech or language.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “speechcraft”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / speechcraft