myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of disputare

Etymology of the Latin word disputare

the Late Latin word disputare (discuss, debate, argue)

using the Latin prefix dis-

derived from the Latin word putare (think, believe, suppose)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pau-

English dispute, Italian disputare, Portuguese disputar, Spanish disputar

Dutch dispuut, English dispute, French disputer, German disputieren, German Disput, Italian disputare, Lithuanian disputas, Norwegian disputt, Provençal desputar, Russian диcпyт, Spanish disputar, Swedish dispyt

Word found in Late Latin