Where does “compter” come from?

compter (Middle French) comes from Old French compter, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

compter (Middle French): to recount; to tell

Definitions

to recount; to tell

Ancestry of “compter”, step by step

compter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French compter

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	compter	—
2	Latin	computāre	—
3	Latin	computō	to calculate, compute, reckon together
4	Latin	com-	allomorph of con-
5	Latin	con-	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
6	Latin	cum	with, along with; at; -fold
7	Old Latin	com	Alternative form of cum
8	Proto-Italic	kom	with, along, at
9	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
10	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11	Middle English	kyt	—
12	German	kitt	putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13	Old High German	kuti	—
14	Proto-West Germanic	kwidu	gum, resin
15	Proto-Germanic	kweduz	resin
16	Proto-Indo-European	gʷet-	resin, gum; to say, speak
17	Proto-Indo-European	gū-	to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Old French conter

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	conter	to tell; to say; to recount; to add up

Words derived from “compter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →