compter
Middle French
verb
Definitions
- to recount; to tell
Etymology
Inherited from Old French conter (add up, tell a story) derived from Latin computo, computō, computāre (compute, sum up).
Origin
Latin
computo, computō, computāre
Gloss
compute, sum up
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- count English
- computare Latin
- computo, computō, computare Latin
- computo, computō, computāre Latin
- computāre Latin
- computātōrium Latin
- Konto German
- contare Italian
- comptant Dutch, Flemish
- contant Dutch, Flemish
- comptable French
- comptant French
- compter French
- compteur French
- comptoir French
- computer French
- conter French
- décompter French
- recompter French
- aconter Old French
- compter Old French
- conteor Old French
- conter Old French
- mesconter Old French
- reconter Old French
- conter xno
- konte Haitian, Haitian Creole
- conter Walloon
- compté Louisiana Creole French
- konté Antillean Creole