Where does “тензор” come from?

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

Ancestry of “тензор”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTensortensor
2Latintensorthat which stretches
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “тензор”

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