Migraine Definition

Origin of Migraine

• 1777 re-spelling (following French) of late 14th century Middle English megrim, from 13th century Old French migraigne, from Vulgar Latin pronunciation of Late Latin hemicrania (“pain in one half of the head"), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρανία (hemikrania), from ἡμι- (hÄ“mi-, “hemi-, half") + κρανίον (kranion, “skull") (whence also cranium), from a literal translation of Egyptian gs-tp 'headache'.

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English from Old French from Late Latin hēmicrānia from Greek hēmikrāniā hēmi- hemi- krānion head ker-¹ in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Cognate to megrim, hemicrania.

  From Wiktionary