Where does “-eria” come from?

-eria (Italian) comes from Spanish -ería, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-eria (Italian): Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "place...

Definitions

  1. Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "place...

Ancestry of “-eria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-eríaTurns a noun into a store or restaurant that...
2Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-eria

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios
-eria — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer