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Spanish word contar comes from Latin puto, Latin com-, Latin com, and later Latin computo (I calculate, compute, reckon together.)
puto (Latin)
(figuratively) I arrange, settle. (figuratively) I judge, suspect, suppose. (figuratively) I ponder, consider, think about. (figuratively) I value, esteem, deem, regard, consider. I clean, cleanse. I trim, prune, lop.
com- (Latin)
com (Latin)
computo (Latin)
I calculate, compute, reckon together.
contar (Spanish)
To be (a certain number of years of age). To count; to tally. To have available. To rely on. To tell (a story); narrate.