Dispute (2 syl.) means, literally, to "lop down" (Latin, dis-puto); debate means to "knock down" (French,
débattre); discuss means to "shake down" (Latin, dis-quatio); object' is to "cast against" (Latin,
ob-jacio); contend is to "pull against" (Latin, contendo); quarrel is to throw darts at each other (Welsh,
cwarel, a dart); and wrangle is to strain by twisting (Swedish, vränga; Anglo-Saxon, wringan).