The story
- Latin · derived fromdissuādeō“to urge differently”, “to advise against”, “to dissuade”
- Middle French · derived fromdissuader
- English todaydissuade
From Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuādeō (“to urge differently”, “to advise against”, “to dissuade”), from dis- (“away from”, “asunder”) + suādeō (“to recommend”, “to advise”, “to urge”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.