English
speechread
From speech + read.
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
Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- ‘to think, arrange’
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Proto-Germanic *rēdaną ‘advise’
Proto-West Germanic *rādan ‘to advise’
Old English rǣdan ‘to counsel’
Middle English reden ‘to counsel’
English read
Today it means
verb Synonym of lipread.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / speechread