discounted
UK[ˈdɪskaʊntɪd]US[ˈdɪskaʊntɪd]
adj
Offered for sale at a reduced price.
verb (past tense, past participle)
Deducted an amount from the usual cost of something.
verb (past tense, past participle)
Regarded (a possibility, fact, or person) as being of little worth or significance; dismissed.
Morpheme Breakdown
dis
count
ed
dis
away, apart
count
calculate, reckon
ed
adjective/verb suffix
Etymology
The word 'discounted' is built upon the core concept of counting or calculation. Its journey begins with the Latin verb 'computare', meaning "to sum up, reckon together," which passed into Old French as 'conter'. The prefix 'dis-', from Latin, introduces a sense of removal or reversal. Therefore, the literal, morphemic meaning is "to count away" or "to reckon off." This evolved into the modern financial sense of deducting a sum from a total price. The more abstract meaning of dismissing an idea's importance follows logically from this, implying that its value has been mentally subtracted or reduced in one's consideration.
Analysis
Structure: dis (away, apart) + count (calculate, reckon) + ed (adjective/verb suffix)
- dis: A Latin prefix meaning "apart," "asunder," "away," or having a negative or reversing force.
- count: From Old French 'conter', ultimately from Latin 'computare' meaning "to calculate, reckon, count up."
- ed: A suffix of Old English origin used to form the past tense and past participle of regular verbs, and adjectives from nouns or verbs.
Examples
The store sells discounted items at the end of each season.
The manager discounted 20% from the original price for the loyal customer.
His theory was discounted by most experts in the field.