In a big city you can sometimes find a bodega, a boutique and an apothecary on the same block.

[johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz]

In a big city you can sometimes find a bodega, a boutique and an apothecary on the same block. But did you know these words are all related?

@timhenke pointed it out:

Bodega is a Spanish loanword from Latin "apotheca" from Greek "ἀποθήκη" (warehouse). The Latin word also gave Occitan "botica" which became French "boutique"!