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Where does “totalise” come from?

totalise (English) comes from English total, from Middle English 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.

totalise (English): Alternative form of totalize

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of totalize

Ancestry of “totalise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtotalAn amount obtained by the addition of smaller...
2Middle Englishtotal—
3Old Frenchtotal—
4Medieval Latintotalistotal
5Latintōtus—
6Latintotso many
7Proto-Indo-Europeantoti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →