conter

(Englisch)

to recount (tell a story)

Frequenz

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/kɔ̃.te/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Old French conter, from Latin computāre. Doublet of compter and computer. Semantical shift from "count" to "recount" via the notion of "enumerate facts, go through facts"; compare the same in English tell.

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