Preach

Morpheme

Preach

Type

free base

Denotation

proclaim publicly, announce, give a sermon

Etymology

(1) Middle English prechen; Old English predician and (2) Middle English preachen; Old French preechier; Late Latin praedicāre; Latin prae + dicāre

Evidence

counterpreach, mispreach, nonpreaching, outpreach, overpreach, preach, preachable, preached, preachee, preacher, preaches, preachier, preachiest, preachify, preaching, preachingly, preachment, preachy, unpreach, unpreached

Notes

preach and predicate are doublets