bodega

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. Old Spanishbodega
13. Spanishbodega
14. English todaybodega

Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of apotheke and boutique. In New York, it was popularized by the Puerto Rican community.

Words from the same roots