Where does “total” come from?

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

total (Danish): total; two

Definitions

  1. total; two

Ancestry of “total”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtotaltotal; perfect
2Middle Frenchtotal
3Old Frenchtotal
4Medieval Latintotalistotal
5Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
6Latintotso many
7Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
8Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European