English
druggist
Druggist comes from French droguiste, and goes back to drogue ‘drug’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdrogue‘drug’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdroguiste
- Englishearliest quotation 1777druggist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdrogue‘drug’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdroguiste
- Englishearliest quotation 1777druggist
Earliest quotation: 1777, : Sir Lucius Cary: “No druggist of the soul bestow'd on all /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- ‘to hold, hold fast, support’
dark, firm, dry, drama, dare, throne, drone, feasible, formidable, refrain, darn, dharma, drastic, dazed, dor, dern, 42 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- ‘to strengthen’
dream, fraud, drainage, drudge, truculent, 16 more
through Proto-Germanic *draugiz ‘hard, solid’
Today it means
noun A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French drogue / druggist