compter

Noun

 * 1)  A counter token used for keeping count.
 * 2)  A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
 * 1)  A prison attached to a city court; a counter.

Etymology
,, from , , , from. .

The learned spelling was originally used interchangeably with the phonetic spelling. In modern French they have been split in such a way that the Latinizing form represents the sense “to count”, which was already present in Latin, while the native form represents the derived sense “to tell” (see ).

Verb

 * 1)  to count
 * 2)  to reckon, allow
 * 3)  to include; to comprise, to consist of
 * 4)  to comprise, to consist of
 * 5)  to matter
 * 6)  to intend, plan
 * 7) to count on
 * 1)  to matter
 * 2)  to intend, plan
 * 3) to count on
 * 1) to count on
 * 1) to count on

Etymology
From, respelled to reflect.

Verb

 * 1) to recount; to tell

Descendants

 * (separate verbs in modern French)