- portend
[portend 词源字典]
- portend: see tend
[portend etymology, portend origin, 英语词源] - portend (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin portendere "foretell, reveal; point out, indicate," originally "to stretch forward," from por- (variant of pro-; see pro-) "forth, forward" + tendere "to stretch, extend" (see tenet). Related: Portended; portending.