The business, practice, or setting of selling cheese; a cheesemonger's shop or the activities of cheese selling.
Formed from 'cheesemonger' + '-y' (from Old English '-ie', creating nouns meaning 'place of' or 'collection of'). Similar to 'fishmonger' becoming 'fishmonger-y'.
The '-ery' suffix is ancient and incredibly productive—it turns any profession into a place or practice (pottery, bakery, butchery)—this shows how English systematically builds vocabulary from existing pieces.
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