Where does “totalmente” come from?
totalmente (Spanish) comes from Spanish total, from Medieval Latin totalis, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
totalmente (Spanish): totally
Ancestry of “totalmente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | total | total, complete, outright; basically, so, in... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | totalis | total |
| 3 | Latin | tōtus | — |
| 4 | Latin | tot | so many |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | toti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |