Count
/kaʊnt/noun
To determine the total number of something; also, a noble title in some European countries.
Did you know?In Indo-European history, the root behind *count* is tied to “telling” and “accounting,” which is why so many languages connect numbers, narration, and judgment as one act of ordering the world.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dekw-
“to take, accept, or receive”
Latin
Latin
computāre
“to calculate, reckon, or sum up”
Old French
Old French
conter
“to count, reckon; also to narrate or tell”
Middle English
English
counten
“to count or reckon”
Modern English
English
count
“to determine the number of; to consider important”