Where does “totaltap” come from?

totaltap (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål total, from Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

totaltap (Norwegian Bokmål): a total loss

Definitions

  1. a total loss

Ancestry of “totaltap”, step by step

totaltap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål total

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltotaltotal
2Medieval Latintotalistotal
3Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
4Latintotso many
5Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Norwegian Bokmål tap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltaploss
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European toti →Every word from Latin tot →