Etymology

brontograph

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Today it means: A tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βροντή
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβροντή“thunder”
  2. English todaybrontograph

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) + -graph.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβροντή all →

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