Hmm. Dissertation. Doesn't the root part of 'dis' mean not working very well? Dys-function? Dis-turbance?
Oh. Hmm. Wrong. dissertation - 1611, from L. dissertationem (nom. dissertatio) "discourse," from dissertare "debate, argue," frequentive of disserere "discuss, examine," from dis- "apart" + serere "to arrange words." Sense of "formal, written treatise" is 1651. Reminds me of our colleague Allison Baensch - wasn't her dissertation - are you there, Allison? Created with a process for random selection of words? Er.'arranged' words? Oh, there are so many things that I love about you, Allison. Warm regards from cool Berkeley, Lisa <http://tm.wc.ask.com/r?t=c&s=a&id=30780&sv=za5cb0db0&uid=&sid=&p=%2flin ks&o=0&u=http://tm.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=a&uid=0CD57D26D3E700EE3&sid=12ABE D26D3E700EE3&qid=00313ACD03A3F448993A839AF6971166&io=1&sv=za5cb0de8&ask= etymology&uip=3fc376ec&en=te&eo=-100&pt=Online+Etymology+Dictionary&ac=0 &qs=0&pg=2&u=http://www.geocities.com/etymonline/> www.geocities.com/etymonline/ <http://tm.wc.ask.com/r?t=c&s=a&id=30780&sv=za5cb0db0&uid=&sid=&p=%2flin ks&o=0&u=http://tm.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=a&uid=0CD57D26D3E700EE3&sid=12ABE D26D3E700EE3&qid=00313ACD03A3F448993A839AF6971166&io=1&sv=za5cb0de8&ask= etymology&uip=3fc376ec&en=te&eo=-100&pt=Online+Etymology+Dictionary&ac=0 &qs=0&pg=2&u=http://www.geocities.com/etymonline/> www.geocities.com/etymonline/ * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html