migraine
‘severe headache’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. megren, migreine, mygrene, mygrayne < O.F. migraine, migraigne < La.Lat. hemicrania ‘pain in one side of the head, headache’ < Gk. hēmikrania < hēmi ‘half’ + kranion ‘skull’ < Med.Lat. cranium ‘skull’ < Gk. kranion ‘skull, upper part of the head’ < kara ‘head’ < gray < ker- < Tamil kaṭu