English
speechify
From speech + -ify.
A compound of speech + -ify
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
verb To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “speechify”. 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 / speechify