1991: ℞ or Rx? May 28, 2020

The symbols for drugs is ℞ but this is often written as Rx. Either way, none of the words 'drug', 'pharmacy' or 'perscription' start with R nor especially end in X. This is because the abbreviated word—while it exists today in English—is from the Latin 'recipe'. It should be noted, however, that 'recipe' in Latin does not refer to cooking or baking as it does in English now, but was a verb meaning 'take!' or 'recieve!' (as an imperative). The X is just because of the symbol having a slash, like many currency symbols.

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