Etymology

accountancy

ac·count·an·cy
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Today it means: The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information. Full definition →

English account ← Middle English acounte ← Anglo-Norman acunte
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Old Frencha-
  6. Latincomputō
  7. Old Frenchconter
  8. Old Frenchaconter
  9. Anglo-Normanacunte
  10. Middle Englishacounte
  11. Englishaccount
  12. English todayaccountancy

From account + -ancy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.