Etymology

-eria

Italian -eria ← Spanish -ería
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  1. Spanish · borrowed from-ería
  2. Italian · borrowed from-eria
  3. English today-eria

Unadapted borrowing from Italian -eria and Spanish -ería, by analogy with cafeteria and pizzeria. Doublet of -erie and -ery.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.