Where does “tensorially” come from?
tensorially (English) comes from English tensorial, 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.
tensorially (English): With regard to a tensor
Ancestry of “tensorially”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tensorial | of or pertaining to a tensor |
| 2 | English | tensor | A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it... |
| 3 | German | Tensor | — |
| 4 | Latin | tensor | that which stretches |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |