apotheke
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.19 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A European, especially German, pharmacy.
Example Sentences
- "The absence of earrings from the pre-Persian apothekes and the fact that only one was found on the South Hill indicate that earrings were infrequently used in archaic times at Olynthus."
- "Three hitherto unknown figures and other fragments from the Nike Balustrade found in the apothekes of the Museum are being published by I. Meliades."
- "[…] (Treasury of Atreus, LH IIIA2: BSA 25, 356; Tomb of Clytemnestra, LH IIIA2/B1: BSA 25, 367; Heraion Tholos, LH II: BSA 25 , 336; several from the House of Shields, mid LH IIIB, Nauplion Museum apothekes)."
- "[…] that future researchers will discover in retrospect that numerous Italian imports remain to be identified in apothekes throughout the Aegean area. […] Canaanite jars are lying unrecognized in the storerooms and apothekes of excavations around the Aegean."
- "Sites that remain to be mapped include: Ioannimiti (IM15: large R settlement that extends 100-150 E along the beach toward Priniatikos Pyrgos, and an Ott port and possible small village with carob apothekes and a small harbour facility); […]"
- "During studies in apothekes and libraries, I have come to meet many new friends and colleagues, a part of the work that is just as important as the results from a personal point of view."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Ancient Greek ἀποτίθημι (apotíthēmi)der. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ποθήκη (ăpothḗkē)bor. English apotheke Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ποθήκη (ăpothḗkē). Doublet of bodega and boutique.
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dʰeh₁-