an adjective-forming suffix, joined to bases of Latin origin in imitation of borrowed Latin words containing the suffix -tory¹ (and its alternant -sory): excretory; sensory; statutory.

Origin:
ME -orie < AF; OF -oire < L -ōrius, extracted from -tōrius -tory ¹ ; see -or ²

-ory

a suffix forming nouns denoting places or receptacles, joined to bases of Latin origin in imitation of borrowed Latin words containing the suffix -tory² (or its alternant -sory): crematory.

Origin:
ME -orie < AF; OF -oire < L -ōrium, extracted from -tōrium -tory ² ; see -ory ¹ , -or ²

Link To -ory

-ory
suff.

Of, relating to, or characterized by: advisory.
A place or thing used for or connected with: crematory.

[Middle English -orie, from Old North French and Anglo-Norman, from Latin -ōrius, adj. suff., and -ōrium, n. suff.]

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