caravansary

English

Etymology

Anglicization of caravanserai[1] (from Persian), influenced by -ery (“place of”), as if “place of caravans” by misanalysis caravan + -s- (“(interfix)”) + -ary.

Noun

caravansary (plural caravansaries)

  1. Alternative spelling of caravanserai

References
  1. Eric Partridge, Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, p. 728
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