-ory

English

Etymology

-or + -y
From Middle English -orie, from the Latin adjective suffix -tōrius.^[1]
From the Latin noun suffix -tōrium.^[2]

Suffix

-ory

of or pertaining to, serving for; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns but also verbs, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also^[1]
excrete and excretory, sense and sensory, statute and statutory.
that which pertains to, or serves for; noun suffix appended to various words^[2]
ambulatory, dormitory, factory

Synonyms

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ory

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “-ory”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “-ory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

roy, RYO, yor, Roy, ryo, ryō, ROY

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