apothecary

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
3. Proto-Hellenic*apó
4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πό (ăpó)
5. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)
6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
8. Ancient Greekτίθημι (títhēmi)
9. Ancient Greekἀποτίθημι (apotíthēmi)
10. Ancient Greekἀποθήκη (apothḗkē)
11. Latinapothēca
12. Medieval Latinapothēcārius
13. Old Frenchapotecaire
14. English todayapothecary

From Old French apotecaire (whence French apothicaire), from Medieval Latin apothēcārius (“storekeeper”), from Latin apothēca (“(originally) repository, storehouse, warehouse; (later) shop, store”) + -ārius (occupational suffix), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “a repository, storehouse”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”), literally “a place where things are put away”.

Words from the same roots