Where does “-ory” come from?

-ory (English) comes from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-ory (English): of or pertaining to, serving for; adjective...

Definitions

  1. of or pertaining to, serving for; adjective...

Ancestry of “-ory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
2Latin-tōriusory
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “-ory”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -torium →Every word from Latin -tor →