The story
- Latin · derived fromdiscussus
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromdiscusser
- Middle English · inherited fromdiscussen
- English todaydiscuss
From Middle English discussen, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discutiō (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter; examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quatiō (“to shake”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.