ABSTRACT
A lot has been written about the roots of the term “migraine” (see Lardreau, 2012, 2014). However, as recently pointed out by historian Annie Jourdan (2018, p. 9), “Rien n’est définitivement écrit: En histoire, plus qu’ailleurs” [Nothing is definitely written: In history, more than anywhere else]. We think that the term migraine still holds unexpected surprises, and that this issue has actually not yet been considered from all linguistic angles. We therefore decided to go more thoroughly into this, at first sight, very simple term that, however, refers to “the most famous [disease] in our profession” (Castaigne, 1979).
