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From where the word Accountant had derived.

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Question ajoutée par Nouman Masood , General Accountant , Ascend Advance Health Care Solutions
Date de publication: 2013/06/14
Frank Avitia
par Frank Avitia , Managing Director , AIS Investment Services

The word "Accountant" is derived from the French word Compter, which took its origin from the Latin word Computare.
The word was formerly written in English as "Accomptant", but in process of time the word, which was always pronounced by dropping the "p", became gradually changed both in pronunciation and in orthography.

Tahir Mahmood
par Tahir Mahmood , Freelance Accountant , Mazdoo Accounting

English word "Accomptant" where p silent