Word: portended
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: por
ten
ded
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of portend; indicate by signs
Morphemes:
Affix: portend
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To signify; to denote.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: por-
Language: la
Decoded: por-
Meaning: forward
Affix: tendere
Language: la
Decoded: tendere
Meaning: to stretch
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.