Where does “തോത്” come from?

തോത് (Malayalam) comes from Portuguese todo, from Old Portuguese todo, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

തോത് (Malayalam): measure, scale, standard, rate, criterion

Definitions

  1. measure, scale, standard, rate, criterion

Ancestry of “തോത്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetodoentire; whole; whole; every; each
2Old Portuguesetodo—
3Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
4Latintotso many
5Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European toti →Every word from Latin tot →