French word compter comes from Latin puto, Latin com-, Latin com, and later Latin computo (I calculate, compute, reckon together.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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puto | Latin (lat) | (figuratively) I arrange, settle. (figuratively) I judge, suspect, suppose. (figuratively) I ponder, consider, think about. (figuratively) I value, esteem, deem, regard, consider. I clean, cleanse. I trim, prune, lop. |
com- | Latin (lat) | |
com | Latin (lat) | |
computo | Latin (lat) | I calculate, compute, reckon together. |
conter | Old French (fro) | To add up (count). To recount (tell a story). To tell; to say. |
compter | Middle French (frm) | To recount; to tell. |
compter | French (fra) | (ambitransitive) to count. (catenative) to intend. (transitive) to include. (transitive) to reckon, allow. |