apothecary

Etymology

From Old French apotecaire, from Medieval Latin apothecarius (“storekeeper”), from apotheca (“shop, store”), earlier Latin apotheca (“repository, storehouse, warehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “a repository, storehouse”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) literally "a place where things are put away". Doublet of boutique and bodega.

noun

1. (archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
   It amused me to see the bustle and the life in the apothecary's shop across the street. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 2
2. (archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
   The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum. 1919, S.A., “Pharmacy in Russia”, in Soviet Russia, volume 1, number 27, page 6
   He was befriended by a local druggist, Jay Miller, who worked at the apothecary at the corner of Sixth and Harrison Street. 1998, Karen Holliday Tanner, Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, University of Oklahoma Press, published 2001, pages 205–206
   Seeds found in a 1630s refuse-filled clay borrow pit, located near an apothecary, illustrate colonists intense interest in experimenting with the medicinal qualities of New World plants. 2001, Audrey Horning, “Archeology and the Science of Discovery”, in Barbara Heath et al., Jamestown Archeological Assessment, U.S. National Parks Service, page 31
3. (uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.