Where does “tensor” come from?

tensor (Dutch) comes from Latin tensor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

tensor (Dutch): tensor

Definitions

  1. tensor

Ancestry of “tensor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintensorthat which stretches
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin tensor →