English

frontogenetic

From front + -o- + genetic.

Formed from front + -o- + genetic

Latin frōns ‘forehead’

Old French front ‘forehead’

Middle English front

English front

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’

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Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai

Ancient Greek γίγνομαι ‘I come into being’

Ancient Greek γένεσις ‘origin, source’

English genesis

Today it means

adj Tending to maintain or intensify horizontal temperature gradients, which are associated with enhanced precipitation in large scale storm systems.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / frontogenetic