Where does “total” come from?

total (Asturian) comes from Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

total (Asturian): total

Definitions

  1. total

Ancestry of “total”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintotalistotal
2Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
3Latintotso many
4Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European toti →Every word from Latin tot →