ME apotecarie < OFr < ML apothecarius, shopkeeper, apothecary (in LL, warehouseman) < L apotheca, storehouse < Gr apothēkē < apo-, away + tithenai, to put: see do1
Examples of 'apothecary' in a sentence
apothecary
`I am a leech and an apothecary, not your personal physician.
Grace, C.L A SHRINE OF MURDERS (2001)
Alexander had been a personable young man, a good apothecary who had made an honest marriage with a doctor's daughter.
Grace, C.L A SHRINE OF MURDERS (2001)
It was full of jars and dried plants and reminded her of Gwenell's apothecary at the Citadel.