Where does “Viagra” come from?

Viagra is a proprietary pharmaceutical term coined in English, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- meaning "to separate or divide."

Viagra (English): the drug sildenafil citrate, used to treat erectile dysfunction

Definitions

  1. the drug sildenafil citrate, used to treat erectile dysfunction

Ancestry of “Viagra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritव्याघ्रa tiger; any pre-eminently strong or noble...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanwyāgʰrás—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianwyāgʰrás—

Words derived from “Viagra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyāgʰrás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wyāgʰrás →Every word from Sanskrit व्याघ्र →