Latin

computō

‘to sum up’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin computō.

8 English words in this record descend from Latin computō, most familiar first.

• account ← acounte ← acunte ← aconter ← conter
• count ← counten ← counter
• counter ← countour ← conteor ← computātōrium
• discount ← descompte ← disconter ← discomputō
• compute ← computer ← computāre
• computation ← computacioun ← computatiō
• countable ← counten ← counter
• raconteur ← raconter ← raconter ← aconter ← conter

Etymograph / Latin computō