Where does “tot” come from?
Tot comes from Scots totum, a word of unknown ultimate origin that entered English through Scots usage.
tot (English): A small child; A measure of spirits, especially...
Definitions
- A small child; A measure of spirits, especially...
Ancestry of “tot”, step by step
tot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English total
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | total | An amount obtained by the addition of smaller... |
| 2 | Middle English | total | — |
| 3 | Old French | total | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | totalis | total |
| 5 | Latin | tōtus | whole, all, entire, total, complete, every part |
| 6 | Latin | tot | so many |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | toti | so many |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |