Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
The act of counting or tallying a quantity. · The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted. · A countdown. · A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.
adj
Countable. · Used to show the amount of like items in a package.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo recite numbers in sequence. · To determine the number of (objects in a group). · To amount to, to number in total. · To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“to compute”). In this sense, displaced native Old English tellan, whence Modern English tell. Doublet of compute. Compare typologically reckon, Russian счита́ть (sčitátʹ), счита́ться (sčitátʹsja); the semantic evolution to Mongolian санах (sanax).
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