Etymology

recount

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Today it means: Narration, account, description, rendering. Full definition →

Anglo-Norman recunter
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recount · noun, verb1

  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromrecunter
  2. English todayrecount

From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

recount · noun, verb2

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincon-
  11. Latinputus
  12. Latinputō
  13. Latincomputō
  14. Anglo-Normancounter
  15. Middle Englishcounten
  16. Englishcount
  17. English todayrecount

From re- + count.

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