Where does “droguista” come from?
droguista (Spanish) comes from French droguiste, from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugī — to support; to hold.
droguista (Spanish): druggist, chemist, pharmacist
Definitions
- druggist, chemist, pharmacist
Ancestry of “droguista”, step by step
droguista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French droguiste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | droguiste | druggist |
| 2 | French | drogue | drug |
| 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 Spanish droga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | droga | drug; indebtedness, debt |