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
      • 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 (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of farmácia.