-ary

Morpheme

-ary

Type

suffix

Denotation

(1) month and number suffix; (2) adjective and noun suffix denoting “connected with, pertaining to, of or belonging to”

Etymology

Latin -āris, -ārius, -āria, -ārium

Evidence

ampullary, binary, boundary, cautionary, dictionary, documentary, evolutionary, February, fragmentary, gregarious, honorary, imaginary, January, missionary, novenary, nullary, obituary, pigmentary, planetary, questionary, sedimentary, septenary, statuary, tegumentary, unitary, urinary, visionary, zygomaxillary

Notes

some words that end in -ary contain <-ar + -y>

See Also

-aire, -ium, -aria, -arium