Hyphenation
me·grimPronunciation
Etymology
() 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 ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hemikrania), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kranion, “skull”) (from whence also cranium).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Cognate to migraine, which is an 18th century re-spelling (following French) and hemicrania (direct borrowing from Latin).