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English

account

/əˈkaʊnt/
A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”).

    Etymology 2

    From Old French acounter, accomptere et al., from a- + conter (“to count”)). Compare count.

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    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishacounte
      • borrowedAnglo-Normanacunte
    • rootProto-Indo-European*pewH- “to cleanse, purify”
    • derivedOld Frenchaconter
      • partOld Frencha-
        • inheritedLatinad- “towards”
          • inheritedProto-Italic*ad-
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*steh₂- “to stand, stay”
          • derivedLate Latinforestis “forest”
          • derived (ultimately)Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd “near, at”
          • derivedLatinvertō “to turn”
        • derivedLatinad- “towards”
      • partOld Frenchconter
        • inheritedLatincomputō
          • partLatincon- “together, with”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*kom-
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr “star”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*skend- “to split off”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*delh₁- “to divide, split”
          • partLatinputō “to reckon”
            • partLatinputus “boy”
            • partLatin-ō “denominative”

    Meanings

    noun
    1. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
    2. A bank account.
    3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
    4. A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
    5. A record of events; a relation or narrative.
    6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
    verb
    1. To present an account of; to answer for, to justify.
    2. To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.
    3. To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
    4. To consider that.
    5. To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
    6. To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: account