conteor

Old French

Alternative forms

• countour (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

conter +‎ -eor.

Noun

conteor oblique singular, m (oblique plural conteors, nominative singular contere, nominative plural conteor)

1. storyteller

Descendants

• French: conteur
• → Middle English: countour, chountre, compter, comptour, countere, countur, counture, cownter, cowntere, countir, cowntour, cowntowre (conflated with Middle French comptoir)
  • English: counter, compter
  • Scots: counter, coonter