Adam Johnson I remembered to check the etymology the words: discount and discover, the search was because today Mike asked me what was cover, see: discount (v.) 1620s, reckon as an abatement or deduction, from Old French desconter (13c., Modern French décompter), from Medieval Latin discomputare, from dis- (see dis-) + computare to count (see count (v.)). Hence, to abate, deduct (1650s), and figurative sense to leave out of account, disregard (1702). Related: Discounted; discounting. discover (v.) c.1300, divulge, reveal, disclose, from Old French descovrir uncover, unroof, unveil, reveal, betray, from Late Latin discooperire, from Latin dis- opposite of (see dis-) + cooperire to cover up (see cover). At first with a sense of betrayal or malicious exposure (discoverer originally meant informant); the meaning to obtain knowledge or sight of what was not known is from 1550s. Related: Discovered; discovering. the both words had a latin roots with the prefix Dis- opposite of For you Mike Rabokon.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 04:40:29 +0000
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