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Where does “megrim” come from?

megrim (Middle English) comes from Old French migraigne, from Latin hēmicrānia, from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.

Ancestry of “megrim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmigraigne—
2Latinhēmicrānia—
3Ancient Greekἡμικρᾱνίᾰ—
4Ancient Greekκρανίονskull; head
5Ancient Greekκάραhead, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...
6Proto-Hellenic*kárahə—

Words derived from “megrim”

  • migraine
  • migrainous
  • antimigraine
  • nonmigraine
  • nonmigrainous
  • migrainoid
  • migreno
  • migrenigar
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