tote

Meaning

Noun

1. A tote bag.
2. A heavy burden.
3. A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.

Verb

To carry or bear.

Verb

To add up; to calculate a total.

Synonyms

tote bag

lug

carryall

holdall

carry

tug

hold

bear

🐻

drag

draw

fetch

gestate

hale

half

pack

porter

pull

range

summate

sustain

total

trail

train

🚋

transport

aggregate

carry to term

bag

bear off

bring

carry off

cart

conduct

conveyance

Translations

arrastrar

llevar

arrossegar

taşıma

acarrear

carregar

σύρω

φέρω

traginar

trainer

traîner

fourre-tout

pari mutuel

tirare

tirer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/təʊt/

Etymology

Cognate with German: Tute

Cognate with German: Tüte

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Tüütje

Cognate with Western Frisian: tút

Cognate with Dutch: tuit

Cognate with Swedish: tuta

Cognate with Danish: tud

Cognate with Old Norse: tútna

In summary

Possibly from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”), whence also German Tute (“horn, bugle”) and German Tüte (“bag, paper bag”). Compare also Scots tout (“a drinking vessel”), Saterland Frisian Tüütje (“paper bag”), West Frisian tút (“spout, toot, kiss”), Dutch tuit (“horn, spout, nozzle”), Swedish tuta (“to honk”), Danish tud (“spout, nozzle”), Old Norse tútna (“to be blown up”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)- (“to stick out, protrude”).
Alternatively, from a Bantu language; compare Kongo tota (“to pick up”), Kimbundu tuta (“to carry, load”), Swahili tuta (“to pile, carry”).