Apothecary
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William Hupy
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Apothecary
From Greek for storehouse, then into Latin and then us. Not too Difficult to imagine how this is a place where drugs are stored. In German the word for pharmacy is Apotheke. Odd that English speakers are more in line with the Romance languages.
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Re: Apothecary
Interestingly, the same root led to boutique and bodega, too.
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