English
speeching
From speech + -ing.
Formed from speech + -ing
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 making a speech.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / speeching