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Where does “-oria” come from?

-oria (Latin) comes from Latin -orium — suffix denoting a place for a particular function.

Ancestry of “-oria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-oriumsuffix denoting a place for a particular function

Words derived from “-oria”

  • reservoir
  • compensatory
  • boudoir
  • abattoir
  • escritoire
  • peignoir
  • couloir
  • mouchoir
  • fumoir
  • pissoir
  • baignoire
  • overcompensatory
  • abreuvoir
  • compensatorily
  • polissoir
  • presentoir
  • reservoirful
  • abattoirlike
  • fumoir
  • тротуар
  • резервуар
  • glissoire
  • entonnoir
  • ostensoir
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