C18: from Latin dissertāre to debate, from disserere to examine, from dis-1 + serere to arrange
dissertate in American English
(ˈdɪsərˌteit)
intransitive verbWord forms: -tated, -tating
to discuss a subject fully and learnedly; discourse
Derived forms
dissertator
noun
Word origin
[1760–70; prob. back formation from dissertation]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boutique, broadcast, icing, lockup, toggle