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Apothecary

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:32 am
by William Hupy
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.

Re: Apothecary

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:21 am
by Slava
Interestingly, the same root led to boutique and bodega, too.