DictionaryRoot: poros
Greek
poros
passage, voyage
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noun
emporium
em-POR-ee-um/emˈpɔːriəm/
A large store or marketplace selling a wide variety of goods.
Etymology
The image of being on a voyage underlies a Greek word for a traveler, then a merchant. The merchant’s trading place became a grand name for a large shop.