Bodegas
/boʊˈdeɪ.ɡəz/noun
Plural of bodega: a small grocery store, especially in New York City, or a wine cellar/storehouse in Spanish.
Did you know?In Spanish, *bodega* originally meant a wine cellar or storehouse, and the word ultimately traces back to Greek *apothēkē*—the same ancient source behind English *apothecary*, where goods, herbs, and remedies were once kept.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
apothḗkē
“a storehouse; a place for putting things away”
Latin
Late Latin
apothēca
“a storehouse or cellar”
Old Spanish
Spanish
bodega
“a wine cellar, cellar, or storehouse”
19th–20th Century
English
bodega
“a small neighborhood grocery store, especially in urban U.S. English”
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