Bodega, boutique, and apothecary all descend from the same Greek word for "storehouse" — a single root that became a New York corner shop, a Paris fashion store, and a medieval pharmacy.
A small grocery store, especially in a Spanish-speaking neighborhood. In Spanish, a wine cellar, warehouse, or shop.
From Spanish bodega (wine cellar, warehouse, shop), from Latin apotheca (storehouse), from Greek apothēkē (repository, storehouse), from apo- (away) + tithenai (to place) Key roots: apothēkē (Greek: "storehouse, repository"), *dhē- (Proto-Indo-European: "to set, put, place").
Bodega, boutique, apothecary, and German Apotheke are all cousins — every one descends from the Greek apothēkē ("storehouse"). The path of semantic specialization is remarkable: Greek storeroom became Latin warehouse, then Spanish wine cellar, then New York corner grocery. Meanwhile, the same word became a French