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Where does the word "pharmacist" come from? It comes from Greek pharmakon, and was adopted directly into English (1834).
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Where does the word "pharmacist" come from? It comes from Greek pharmakon, and was adopted directly into English (1834).
Pharmacist’s story begins in Greek: pharmakon meant “a drug, a medicine.” A drug, a medicine, or a poison. It reached English by 1834 as pharmacist. Settled as the English word for one trained to prepare and dispense medicine. Today, pharmacist means a person qualified to prepare and dispense medicinal drugs.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient pharmakon "a drug, a medicine", a drug, a medicine, or a poison.
- Stage 2 · English · 1834 pharmacist "a person trained to prepare and dispense medicine", settled as the English word for one trained to prepare and dispense medicine.