Totted

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. A past tense form indicating that something has been counted or tallied up
2. describing the act of adding numbers together to reach a total
3. signifying the completion of a calculation or scorekeeping activity

Etymology: Totted is the past tense of "tot", the verb meaning to add up figures. The verb is a back-formation from "tot up", and its origin is tied to a word for a small child. "Totum" was a Latin-influenced term for a small child, and the English "tot" was shortened from it, so a tot was originally a little one before it meant a small measure of drink or a small sum. The link to adding is less certain. Some suggest "tot" in the sense of a sum may come from "total," but the sources do not settle this, and the connection to the child-word remains uncertain. A possible sideways relative is "totter," meaning to move unsteadily, which some believe may have supplied the shortened form, though this too is unconfirmed.

Synonyms: counted, calculated, added, summed, reckoned