Where does “total” come from?

total (French) comes from Middle French 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.

total (French): total; perfect

Definitions

  1. total; perfect

Ancestry of “total”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtotal
2Old Frenchtotal
3Medieval Latintotalistotal
4Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
5Latintotso many
6Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
7Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that

Words derived from “total

Every word from Proto-Indo-European