Where does “pharmacy” come from?

Pharmacy comes from Middle English pharmacy, from Middle French pharmacie, from Old French farmacie, from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία, formed with the suffix -ία from φαρμακίς meaning drug or poison.

pharmacy (English): A place where prescription drugs are dispensed; a...

Definitions

  1. A place where prescription drugs are dispensed; a...

Ancestry of “pharmacy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpharmacy—
2Middle Frenchpharmacie—
3Old Frenchfarmacielaxative
4Latinpharmaciapharmacy
5Ancient Greekφαρμακείαpharmacy; the use of drugs or medicines; sorcery,...
6Ancient GreekφάρμακονA drug, whether healing or noxious; A healing...
7Proto-Hellenicpʰármakon—

Words derived from “pharmacy”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic pʰármakon →Every word from Ancient Greek φάρμακον →Every word from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία →