Where does “paroxisme” come from?
paroxisme (Middle French) comes from Old French peroxime, from Ecclesiastical Latin paroxismus, from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠσμός, from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῡ́νω, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos.
Ancestry of “paroxisme”, step by step