Etymology

tutorial

tu·tor·i·al
T1U1T1O1R1I1A1L1

Today it means: Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor. Full definition →

Latin tūtor
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtūtor“watcher, protector, defender”
  2. English todaytutorial

The adjective is from tutor (noun) + -ial, ultimately from Latin tūtor (“watcher, protector, defender”). The noun is transferred from the adjective.

Words from the same roots

Latintūtor all →

tutor

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.