1. Certainly not as cool as the last post, I did find this interesting (from OED -- I was looking up with regards to both discipline as in academic area of study and discipline as in punishment):
[a. F. discipline (OF. also dece-, dese-, desce-, 11th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. disciplina instruction of disciples, tuition, for discipulina, f. discipulus pupil, DISCIPLE.
Etymologically, discipline, as pertaining to the disciple or scholar, is antithetical to doctrine, the property of the doctor or teacher; hence, in the history of the words, doctrine is more concerned with abstract theory, and discipline with practice or exercise.]
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