Where does “portendere” come from?

portendere (Latin) comes from Latin portendo, from Latin por-, from Proto-Italic por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

portendere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Definitions

third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “portendere”, step by step

portendere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin portendo

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	portendo	I indicate, point out; I predict, foretell,...
2	Latin	por-	forth, forward, further, onward
3	Proto-Italic	por-	forth, forward
4	Proto-Indo-European	per-	before, in front; first; to go through
5	Proto-Indo-European	pr̥tós	passed , crossed

via Latin tendere

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	tendere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
2	Proto-Indo-European	tend-	to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
3	Proto-Indo-European	temh₂-	to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “portendere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin por- →