Etymograph

English

subtensor

From sub- + tensor.

Formed from sub- + tensor

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *téndeti

Proto-Italic *tendō ‘to stretch’

Latin tendō ‘stretch, distend, extend’

New Latin tensor ‘that which stretches’

English tensor

Today it means

noun A constituent part of a tensor

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subtensor”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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