Where does “kontora” come from?

kontora (Crimean Tatar) comes from Russian конто́ра, from German Kontor, from Middle Low German kontôr, from Middle Dutch contoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre — whale, sea monster; abyss.

kontora (Crimean Tatar): administrative department, office, bureau

Definitions

administrative department, office, bureau

Ancestry of “kontora”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	конто́ра	office, bureau
2	German	Kontor	branch office
3	Middle Low German	kontôr	commercial branch; writing room; counting...
4	Middle Dutch	contoor	—
5	Middle French	contoir	Alternative spelling of comptoir
6	Middle French	compter	to recount; to tell
7	Old French	compter	—
8	Latin	computāre	—
9	Latin	computō	to calculate, compute, reckon together
10	Latin	com-	allomorph of con-
11	Latin	con-	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
12	Latin	cum	with, along with; at; -fold
13	Old Latin	com	Alternative form of cum
14	Proto-Italic	kom	with, along, at
15	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
16	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17	Middle English	kyt	—
18	Russian	кит	whale; genitive plural of ки́та
19	Old Church Slavonic	китъ	whale
20	Ancient Greek	κῆτος	whale, sea monster; abyss

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