The story
- Latin · derived fromdis-“indicating negation”
- Old French · derived fromdesservir
- English todaydisserve
From Old French desservir, from Latin dis- (“indicating negation”) + servīre (“to serve”).
Words from the same roots
Latindis- all →
displaydiscountsportdinnerdiscoverdebatedisclosedeploydisguisedisastrousdissdivergentdefydefeasiblederaydes-di-dis-discomfitdisheritdisseverdisterdivagate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.