Recount
/ˌriːˈkaʊnt/noun
To tell or narrate something again, or to count again.
Did you know?Recount comes from Latin roots meaning “to count again” or “to tell again,” and that split history is why English uses the same word for both narration and tallying.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kent-
“to sing or recite”
Latin
Latin
computāre
“to calculate, reckon, or count together”
Old French
Old French
reconter
“to tell again, relate”
Middle English
English
recounten
“to narrate again; to count again”
Modern English
English
recount
“to narrate again or to count votes again”