Complete amounts or sums of something; to add up or calculate the complete amount of something.
From Medieval Latin 'totalis' (meaning 'whole'), derived from Latin 'totus' (whole). The word entered English in the 1400s from mathematical and accounting contexts.
The word 'total' comes from the same root as 'total recall' and 'totalitarian'—they all share the idea of completeness, which is why totalitarian regimes try to control everything 'totally!'
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