Where does “tensorial” come from?

tensorial (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.

tensorial (English): of or pertaining to a tensor

Definitions

  1. of or pertaining to a tensor

Ancestry of “tensorial”, 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—

Words derived from “tensorial”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin tensor →