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Where does “mechanosensor” come from?

mechanosensor (English) comes from English sensor, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

mechanosensor (English): Anything that responds to changes in mechanical...

Definitions

  1. Anything that responds to changes in mechanical...

Ancestry of “mechanosensor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsensorA device or organ that detects certain external...
2Latinsentiō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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