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DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF PORTUGUESE ON ENGLISH VIA THIS QUIZ!
We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Origin of total
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English (adjective), from Medieval Latin tōtālis, equivalent to Latin tōt(us) “entire” + -ālis-al1
synonym study for total
6. See whole.
OTHER WORDS FROM total
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British Dictionary definitions for total
total
/ (ˈtəʊtəl) /
noun
the whole, esp regarded as the complete sum of a number of parts
adjective
complete; absolutethe evening was a total failure; a total eclipse
(prenominal) being or related to a totalthe total number of passengers
verb -tals, -talling or -talled or US -tals, -taling or -taled
Derived forms of total
totally, adverbWord Origin for total
C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from Latin tōtus all
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