'bakeshop' originates from Modern English, specifically the compound of two Old English roots: 'bake' (from Old English 'bacan') and 'shop' (from Old English 'sceoppa' or related forms), where 'bacan' meant 'to cook by dry heat' and 'sceoppa' meant 'booth' or 'stall'.

'bake' comes from Old English 'bacan' (from Proto-Germanic *bakan), and 'shop' comes from Old English 'sceoppa' (a booth or stall); these elements combined in later English to form the compound 'bakeshop', used in modern English to denote a place where baking is done and sold.

Initially the elements referred to the actions/places ('to bake' and a 'booth/stall'); over time the compound came to mean specifically 'a shop or small bakery where baked goods are made and sold', a meaning that has remained stable in modern usage.