Where does “subtotal” come from?

Subtotal derives from English sub- combined with total, which comes from Latin totālis, itself from Latin tōtus meaning "whole," traceable to Proto-Indo-European toti.

subtotal (English): The total for a part of a list of numbers being...

Definitions

  1. The total for a part of a list of numbers being...

Ancestry of “subtotal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtotalAn amount obtained by the addition of smaller...
2Middle Englishtotal—
3Old Frenchtotal—
4Medieval Latintotalistotal
5Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
6Latintotso many
7Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
8Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European toti →Every word from Latin tot →