it can be traced back thru french to troubadour provencal to classical latin to ancient greek where its original form apotheke meant storehouse or a place where things are put away
& this came from 2 smaller notions meaning put & away
you can see the same idea as bodega & also apothecary
boutiques didnt become fashion shops til 1953 or shops at all til 1767
but first the storehouse keeper had to become a shopkeeper or a storekeeper as we say
which happened in 1366
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