reckon
English
/ˈɹɛkən/
verb
Definitions
- To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
- To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
- (colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
- To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host
- (intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
- To come to an accounting; to draw up or settle accounts; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rekenen inherited from Old English recenian (pay, dispose, arrange, reckon) inherited from Proto-Germanic *rekanōną (explain, count), *rekanaz (ready, proper, in order, correct, prompt, swift) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (straighten, direct, right, straight, right oneself, just, make right, king, chief, direct oneself, line, make straight right).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃reǵ-
Gloss
straighten, direct, right, straight, right oneself, just, make right, king, chief, direct oneself, line, make straight right
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forereckon English
- master English
- misreckon English
- misreckoning English
- outreckon English
- overreckon English
- railway English
- rakehell English
- reckonable English
- reckoner English
- reckonest English
- reckoneth English
- reckoning English
- reckonmaster English
- regicide English
- underreckon English
- unreckonable English
- räknätä Finnish
- correctus Latin
- corrigere Latin
- corrigo Latin
- dīrectus Latin
- erga Latin
- ergo Latin
- rectangulum Latin
- rectangulus Latin
- rectitūdō Latin
- rectorem Latin
- rectus Latin
- regalis Latin
- regalis, rēgālis Latin
- regaliter Latin
- regere Latin
- regius Latin
- regiō Latin
- regula Latin
- regēns Latin
- rogo Latin
- rogus Latin
- rēcta Latin
- rēgnum Latin
- rēgula Latin
- rēgulārem Latin
- Rechenaufgabe German
- Rechenfehler German
- Rechner German
- Rechnung German
- abrechnen German
- ausrechnen German
- berechnen German
- errechnen German
- kleinrechnen German
- nachrechnen German
- rechnen German
- verrechnen German
- zurechnen German
- rettamente Italian
- rettangolare Italian
- rettitudine Italian
- rettovescicale Italian
- aanrekenen Dutch, Flemish
- afrekenen Dutch, Flemish
- berekenen Dutch, Flemish
- hoofdrekenen Dutch, Flemish
- meerekenen Dutch, Flemish
- narekenen Dutch, Flemish
- omrekenen Dutch, Flemish
- rekenaar Dutch, Flemish
- rekenen Dutch, Flemish
- rekenfout Dutch, Flemish
- rekening Dutch, Flemish
- rekenkunde Dutch, Flemish
- rekenmachine Dutch, Flemish
- rekentoestel Dutch, Flemish
- toerekenen Dutch, Flemish
- uitrekenen Dutch, Flemish
- verrekenen Dutch, Flemish
- recto Spanish, Castilian
- ὀρεκτικός Ancient Greek
- Ῥῆσος Ancient Greek
- *h₁r̥gʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃reǵ-tus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃reǵtós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃réǵeti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃r̥ǵús Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵ-ō, *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃rḗǵs, *h₃rḗḱs Proto-Indo-European
- *reyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *reǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- reto Portuguese
- *rakō Proto-Germanic
- *rakōną Proto-Germanic
- *rankaz Proto-Germanic
- *rehtaz Proto-Germanic
- *rekanaz Proto-Germanic
- *rekanōną Proto-Germanic
- *rihtijaną Proto-Germanic
- *rīkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *rīkiją Proto-Germanic
- beräkna Swedish
- räkenskap Swedish
- räkna Swedish
- räknare Swedish
- räknebar Swedish
- räkneord Swedish
- räknesticka Swedish
- räkning Swedish
- uppräkna Swedish
- gerecenian Old English
- recen Old English
- recenian Old English
- ऋजु Sanskrit
- ऋज् Sanskrit
- राज Sanskrit
- राज्य Sanskrit
- राष्ट्र Sanskrit
- rekenen Middle English
- reknere Middle English
- reikna Old Norse
- recte Catalan, Valencian
- reikna Icelandic
- rēkenen Middle Dutch
- rehhanōn Old High German
- R- Translingual
- ռազմ Old Armenian
- rechenen Middle High German
- rechnen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *rīkisōn gmw-pro
- rehkendama Estonian
- *rekanon Old Dutch
- *regeti Proto-Celtic
- *rīgos Proto-Celtic
- *wedeti Proto-Celtic
- *Hr̥ȷ́úš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *rekenōn Old Saxon
- rek Papiamentu
- reken Low German
- morekur Andio