Where does “аптекарша” come from?
аптекарша (Russian) comes from Russian апте́карь, from Russian апте́ка, from German Apotheke, from Polish apteka, from Old Polish apoteka, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη, from Ancient Greek ἀποτίθημι — to push, to hit.
аптекарша (Russian): female pharmacist, chemist, druggist
Definitions
- female pharmacist, chemist, druggist
Ancestry of “аптекарша”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | апте́карь | pharmacist, chemist, druggist (male or female) |
| 2 | Russian | апте́ка | chemist store; drugstore; pharmacy |
| 3 | German | Apotheke | pharmacy |
| 4 | Polish | apteka | pharmacy |
| 5 | Old Polish | apoteka | pharmacy |
| 6 | Latin | apothēca | repository, storehouse, warehouse |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀποθήκη | repository, storehouse, warehouse |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀποτίθημι | to put away |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |