Where does “covrigărie” come from?

covrigărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian -ărie, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

covrigărie (Romanian): pretzel shop

Definitions

  1. pretzel shop

Ancestry of “covrigărie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ărie-ery
2Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin -āria →