Where does “drugstore” come from?
Drugstore comes from English store and Middle English store, from Middle French drogue, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to hold or support.
drugstore (English): A pharmacy; a retail store, the main product of...
Definitions
- A pharmacy; a retail store, the main product of...
Ancestry of “drugstore”, step by step
drugstore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English drug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | drug | A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a... |
| 2 | Middle English | drogge | medicine |
| 3 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 4 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 5 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | drôge | dry |
| 7 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | dry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
via English store
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | store | A place where items may be accumulated or... |
| 2 | Middle English | store | supplies, provisions; livestock, farm animals;... |
| 3 | Old French | estor | battle; combat |
| 4 | Frankish | sturm | storm, commotion, battle; storm |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sturmaz | storm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)twer- | to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn... |