Where does “аптекар” come from?
аптекар (Bulgarian) comes from Russian апте́ка, from German Apotheke, from Polish apteka, from Old Polish apoteka, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη, from Ancient Greek ἀποτίθημι, from Ancient Greek ἀπο- — to push, to hit.
аптекар (Bulgarian): pharmacist
Definitions
- pharmacist
Ancestry of “аптекар”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | апте́ка | chemist store; drugstore; pharmacy |
| 2 | German | Apotheke | pharmacy |
| 3 | Polish | apteka | pharmacy |
| 4 | Old Polish | apoteka | pharmacy |
| 5 | Latin | apothēca | repository, storehouse, warehouse |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀποθήκη | repository, storehouse, warehouse |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀποτίθημι | to put away |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |