Where does “pseudotensor” come from?

pseudotensor (English) comes from English tensor, from German Tensor, from Latin tensor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

pseudotensor (English): A quantity that transforms like a tensor under a...

Definitions

  1. A quantity that transforms like a tensor under a...

Ancestry of “pseudotensor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtensorA muscle that stretches a part, or renders it...
2GermanTensortensor
3Latintensorthat which stretches
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin tensor →