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DictionaryRoot: conter
Old French

conter

to count, reckon

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An older East Asian man recounting a trip to two engaged listeners using gestures and a single unlettered travel photograph, no speech bubbles.
verb

recount

rih-KOWNT/rɪˈkaʊnt/

Tell what happened in detail.

Etymology
reOld Frenchback or again
+countOld Frenchto relate, reckon

Conter meant both reckoning and telling a story. With re- meaning “again,” recount belongs to this storytelling branch: relating an event or experience in detail.

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