paroxysm
‘a high point of an action or acuteness of a disease’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. paroxysme, paroxism < O.F. paroxysme, paroxime < Med.Lat. paroxysmus ‘irritation, fit of a disease’ < Gk. paroxysmos ‘irritation, exasperation’ < paroxynein ‘to irritate, goad, provoke’ < para- ‘beyond’ + oxynein ‘sharpen, goad’ < oxys ‘sharp, pointed’ < awk < ak- < Tamil akku