Morpheme
-ory
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) adjective suffix denoting “of, pertaining to, serving for”; (2) noun suffix denoting “that which pertains to or serves for”
Etymology
Middle English -orie; Anglo-Norman -orie; Old French -ory, -orie; Latin -tōrius, -tōria, -tōrium
Evidence
advisory, advisory, ambulatory, auditory, celebratory, circulatory, commemoratory, dormitory, evaluatory, excretory, exculpatory, expository, expository, expulsatory, incensory, inhibitory, interrogatory, investigatory, mandatory, olfactory, participatory, preparatory, promontory, repertory, repository, respiratory, sensory, statutory, supervisory
