Where does “total” come from?

total (Romanian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

total (Romanian): total

Definitions

  1. total

Ancestry of “total”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtotaltotal; perfect
2Middle Frenchtotal—
3Old Frenchtotal—
4Medieval Latintotalistotal
5Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
6Latintotso many
7Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
8Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “total”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European toti →Every word from Latin tot →