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Where does “aconter” come from?

aconter (Old French) comes from Old French conter, from Latin computō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

aconter (Old French): to tell; to inform of; to do the accounts

Definitions

  1. to tell; to inform of; to do the accounts

Ancestry of “aconter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchconterto tell; to say; to recount; to add up
2Latincomputō—
3Latincom-allomorph of con-
4Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
5Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
6Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
7Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10Middle Englishkyt—
11Germankitt—
12Old High Germankuti—
13Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
14Proto-Germanickweduzresin
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
16Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “aconter”

  • account
  • accounting
  • accountability
  • accountable
  • unaccountable
  • unaccountably
  • accountancy
  • raconteur
  • unaccountability
  • accountableness
  • nonaccountable
  • accountably
  • subaccount
  • accounteth
  • nonaccounting
  • unaccountableness
  • nonaccountability
  • accountholder
  • accountest
  • accounter
  • raconteurial
  • accountless
  • accountment
  • multiaccount
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