megrim

megrim · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἡμικρᾱνίᾰ
2. Late Latin · derived fromhēmicrānia“pain in one half of the head”
3. Middle French · borrowed frommigraigne
4. English todaymegrim

Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium). Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.

megrim · noun²

Unknown.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 15th c. A headache; a migraine.
• from 16th c. A fancy, a whim, a caprice.