## Etymology
From French 'droguiste', from 'drogue' ('drug'), + the agentive suffix '-ist'. 'Drogue' is of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Dutch 'droge' ('dry'), as in dry goods.

## AI Etymology
Druggist is from French 'droguiste', from 'drogue' ('drug'), + the agentive suffix '-ist'. 'Drogue' is of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Dutch 'droge' ('dry'), as in dry goods. The immediate etymological form is French drogue. The suffix -ist marks an adherent, practitioner, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "a pharmacist or dealer in medicinal drugs", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Because the origin is uncertain, the safest account is descriptive: the attested senses can be explained, but the ultimate formation remains unresolved. Related words include drug and drugstore.

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