Totalis

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Characterizing something that encompasses all parts or elements, including the entirety of a group or category
2. Referring to a complete amount or sum that integrates every individual aspect into a whole
3. Describing a comprehensive scope that includes every item or factor, representing the full collective unit

Etymology: The Latin "totalis" is a late formation built on "totus", meaning "whole" or "entire". Its sense was about completeness rather than arithmetic: something was "total" when nothing was left out. The adjective passed into Old French and then into English as "total", where it first described things that were whole or unbroken. The sense of a sum came later, as the adjective shifted into a noun. Once people spoke of "the total" of a set of figures, they were naming the whole that the parts make up. The noun keeps that original logic, so a total is the complete amount, with nothing set aside.

Synonyms: totalizer, tote, pool