Where does “butikscenter” come from?

butikscenter (Danish) comes from Danish butik, from French boutique, from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη, from Ancient Greek ἀποτίθημι, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό — to push, to hit.

butikscenter (Danish): shopping centre, shopping mall

Definitions

  1. shopping centre, shopping mall

Ancestry of “butikscenter”, step by step

butikscenter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish butik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbutikstore, shop
2Frenchboutiqueshop; boutique
3Old Occitanbotica
4Latinapothēcarepository, storehouse, warehouse
5Ancient Greekἀποθήκηrepository, storehouse, warehouse
6Ancient Greekἀποτίθημιto put away
7Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
8Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
9Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
10Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
11Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
12Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
13Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via Danish center

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishcenter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-