Where does “twistor” come from?

twistor (English) comes from English Twist, from Middle English twist, from Old English twist, from Proto-Germanic twistaz.

twistor (English): Any of the complex-valued coordinates in "twistor...

Definitions

  1. Any of the complex-valued coordinates in "twistor...

Ancestry of “twistor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTwistA twisting force
2Middle EnglishtwistThe flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge)
3Old Englishtwist—
4Proto-Germanictwistaz—

Words derived from “twistor”

Every word from Proto-Germanic twistaz →Every word from Old English twist →Every word from Middle English twist →