Origin: Latin suffix -ary
Apothecary has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
A person who makes and provides/sells drugs and/or medicines.
From Old French apotecaire (whence French apothicaire), from Medieval Latin apothecarius ("storekeeper"), from Latin apotheca ("(originally) repository, storehouse, warehouse; (later) shop, store"), 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.