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Where does “totalness” come from?

totalness (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.

totalness (English): The quality or state of being total; entireness;...

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being total; entireness;...

Ancestry of “totalness”, 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 →