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trat⋅to⋅ri⋅a

  [trah-tuh-ree-uh]
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–noun
a usually inexpensive or informal restaurant or cafe specializing in Italian dishes.
Origin:
1825–35; < It: public eating place, restaurant, equiv. to trattor(e) restaurateur (tratt(are) to treat + -ore -or 2 , as trans. of F traiteur) + -ia -ia
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trat·to·ri·a   (trä'tə-rē'ə)   
n.   pl. trat·to·ri·as or trat·to·ri·e (-rē'ě)
An informal restaurant or tavern serving simple Italian dishes.

[Italian, from trattore, host, from trattare, to treat, from Latin tractāre; see treat.]
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trattoria 
"Italian restaurant," 1832, from It., from trattore "host, keeper of an eating house," from trattare "to treat," from L. tractare, freq. of trahere (pp. tractus) "to draw" (see tract (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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