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Morpheme

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Type

free base

Denotation

add up, tell a story

Etymology

Middle English counten; Anglo-Norman conter; Old French conter; Latin computāre, com- + putāre

Evidence

account, accountability, accountable, accountant, accountantship, accounting, count, countable, countdown, counted, counter, countertop, counting, countless, counts, discount, headcount, miscount, noncount, recount, unaccountable, uncountable, uncounted

Notes

count and compute are doublets

See Also

com-, Pute

Homographs

Count