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