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-ory¹

  • /-(ə)ɹi/

Where it comes from

From Middle English -orie, from the Latin adjective suffix -tōrius. By surface analysis, -or + -y.

suffix

  1. morpheme, not comparable Added to nouns and verbs (often Latinate) to form adjectives meaning “of”, “pertaining to”, or “serving for”. excrete + -ory → excretory

    Similar: -al, -ar, -ary, -ese, -ic, -id, -ish, -like, -oid, -ous, -y

-ory²

  • /-(ə)ɹi/

Where it comes from

From the Latin noun suffix -tōrium. By surface analysis, -or + -y.

suffix -ories

  1. morpheme Added to nouns and verbs (often Latinate) to form nouns meaning “that which pertains to or serves for”. ambulate + -ory → ambulatory

    Similar: -age, -al, -arium, -drome, -ery, -ium, -orium

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"-ory." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ory. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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-ory. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-ory

Chicago

"-ory." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ory.

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@misc{ory_2026,
  title = {-ory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}