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 -ōrius, -ōria, -ōrium, from -tōrius, -tōria, -tōrium
Evidence
advisory, advisory, ambulatory, auditory, celebratory, circulatory, commemoratory, dormitory, evaluatory, excretory, exculpatory, expository, expository, expulsatory, fossorial, gressorial, gressory, incensory, inhibitory, interrogatory, investigatory, laboratory, mandatory, olfactory, -orian, -orious, participatory, preparatory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, repository, respiratory, sensory, statutory, supervisory, ustorious,
