English
speechwright
From speech + wright.
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 *werǵ- ‘to make’
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Proto-West Germanic *wurhti ‘deed, act’
Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō ‘worker, workman’
Old English wyrhta ‘worker, maker’
Middle English wrighte
English wright
Today it means
noun A composer or crafter of speeches.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / speechwright