English
papaverine
Papaverine comes from Latin papāver ‘poppy’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpapāver‘poppy’
- Englishtodaypapaverine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpapāver‘poppy’
- Englishtodaypapaverine
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
fire, bureau, fiery, burrito, bertram, pyre, pyro, pyrite, burro, 15 more
through Latin papāver ‘poppy’
Today it means
noun A nonaddictive derivative of opium used in medicine to relieve muscle spasms, as a vasodilator and in some forms of erectile dysfunction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin papāver / papaverine