onset
noun
[ ˈɒnsɛt ]
• the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.
• "the onset of winter"
Similar:
start,
beginning,
arrival,
(first) appearance,
opening,
outset,
inception,
outbreak,
dawn,
birth,
infancy,
genesis,
creation,
day one,
emergence,
rise,
commencement,