pharmacia

See also: pharmácia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment”).

Noun

pharmacia

1. (Medieval Latin) pharmacy

Descendants

• → Asturian: farmacia
• → Catalan: farmàcia
• → Czech: farmacie
• → Old French: farmacie
  • Middle French: pharmacie
    • French: pharmacie
      • → Dutch: farmacie
        • → Indonesian: farmasi (in the sense of “science of medical substances”)
      • → Norwegian: farmasi
      • → Romanian: farmacie
    • → Middle English: pharmacy
      • English: pharmacy
        • → Assamese: ফাৰ্মাছী (pharmasi)
        • → Indonesian: farmasi (or from Malay, in the sense of “place where prescription drugs are dispensed”)
        • → Malay: farmasi
• → German: Pharmazie (from Neo-Latin scientific language)
• → Italian: farmacia
• → Macedonian: фарма́ција (farmácija)
• → Occitan: farmacia
• → Portuguese: farmácia
• → Spanish: farmacia

Portuguese

Noun

pharmacia f (plural pharmacias)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of farmácia.