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recount (v.1)[recount 词源字典]: "to tell," mid-15c., also recompt, from Old North French and Anglo-French reconter (12c., Modern French raconter), from Old French re- (see re-) + conter "to relate, reckon" (see count (v)). Related: Recounted; recounting.[recount etymology, recount origin, 英语词源]
recount (v.2): also re-count, "to enumerate again," 1764, from re- + count (v). Related: Recounted; recounting.
untold (adj.): Old English unteald, "not counted or reckoned," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of tell (v.) in its original numerical sense. Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongetellet, German ungezahlt, Old Norse utaliðr. Meaning "not related or recounted" is recorded from late 14c.