Where does “subtotal” come from?

subtotal (Romanian) comes from Romanian total, from French total, from Middle French total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti — this; that.

subtotal (Romanian): subtotal

Definitions

  1. subtotal

Ancestry of “subtotal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantotaltotal
2Frenchtotaltotal; perfect
3Middle Frenchtotal
4Old Frenchtotal
5Medieval Latintotalistotal
6Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
7Latintotso many
8Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
9Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European