Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·French ·1760s
Boutique
from boutique
- Meaning
- A small, stylish shop.
- Source word
- boutique
- Route into English
- Old Provençal *botica* (from Greek *apothēkē*, storehouse) → French → English. The original sense was any small shop; the fashion/luxury connotation is mid-20th-century marketing.
- Arrived
- 1760s
From French
Beyond the Norman conquest's Old French foundation, English kept borrowing from French for art, cuisine, fashion, and diplomacy throughout the modern period.
English borrows.
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