-ory

English

Etymology

• -or + -y
• From Middle English -orie, from the Latin adjective suffix -tōrius.
• From the Latin noun suffix -tōrium.

Suffix

-ory

1. 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

   excrete and excretory, sense and sensory, statute and statutory.

2. that which pertains to, or serves for; noun suffix appended to various words

   ambulatory, dormitory, factory

Synonyms

• -al
• -ar
• -ary
• -ese
• -ic
• -id
• -ish
• -like
• -oid
• -ous
• -y

Derived terms

► English words suffixed with -ory

Anagrams

• Roy, roy, yor