withsay

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromwiþseċġan“to speak against; to denounce, renounce, or deny”
2. Middle English · inherited fromwithseien
3. English todaywithsay

From Middle English withseien, from Old English wiþseċġan (“to speak against; to denounce, renounce, or deny”), corresponding to with- + say. Cognate with Old Saxon witharseggian (“to object”), Low German wedderseggen (“to renounce”), German widersagen (“to renounce”), Dutch wederzeggen and weerzeggen.