Etymograph

English

frontovertex

From fronto- + vertex.

Formed from fronto- + vertex

Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’

Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’

Latin vertō ‘to turn around, turn about’

Latin vertex ‘whirl, eddy’

English vertex

Today it means

noun frontal vertex (of an insect head)

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

Etymograph / frontovertex