Where does “botika” come from?

botika (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese botica, 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.

botika (Papiamentu): pharmacy; drugstore

Definitions

  1. pharmacy; drugstore

Ancestry of “botika”, step by step

botika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese botica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseboticageneral store; pharmacy
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 Spanish botica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishboticadrugstore, pharmacy; drug, medicament
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-Every word from Ancient Greek τύπτω