Where does “-oire” come from?

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

-oire (Old French): indicates a tool or a device

Definitions

  1. indicates a tool or a device

Ancestry of “-oire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-oria—
2Latin-oriumsuffix denoting a place for a particular function
Every word from Latin -orium →Every word from Latin -oria →