Where does “totality” come from?

Totality derives from English total plus the suffix -ity, from French totalité, from Latin totalitas, built on Latin totalis meaning whole, from Proto-Indo-European só meaning self or one.

totality (English): The state of being total; An aggregate quantity...

Definitions

  1. The state of being total; An aggregate quantity...

Ancestry of “totality”, 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 →