Boutique
/buːˈtiːk/noun
A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable or specialized goods.
Did you know?English got *boutique* from French, where it originally meant a small shop or store, and the deeper root is often traced to a word for a little stall or enclosed space rather than anything mystical.
Etymological Timeline
Modern English
English
boutique
“A small specialty shop, often stylish or fashionable.”
18th Century
French
boutique
“A small shop or store.”
Late Latin
Latin
apotheca
“A storehouse or repository.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
apothēkē
“A storage place, storehouse, or repository.”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dhē-
“To place, put, or set.”