Where does “aputeiki” come from?
aputeiki (Aukan) comes from Sranan Tongo apteiki, from Dutch apotheek, from Middle Dutch apoteke, from Latin apotheca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη, from Ancient Greek ἀποτίθημι, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό — to push, to hit.
aputeiki (Aukan): pharmacy, drugstore
Definitions
- pharmacy, drugstore
Ancestry of “aputeiki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sranan Tongo | apteiki | pharmacy, drugstore |
| 2 | Dutch | apotheek | pharmacy, apothecary, a place where prescription... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | apoteke | — |
| 4 | Latin | apotheca | repository, storehouse, warehouse |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀποθήκη | repository, storehouse, warehouse |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀποτίθημι | to put away |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |