Etymograph

English

speechification

From speech + -ification.

Formed from speech + -ification

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 act of speechifying, making something into a speech

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “speechification”. 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.

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