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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...
2GermanTensor—
3Latintensorthat which stretches
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “tensorial”

  • tensorially
  • nontensorial
  • pseudotensorial
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