-ery
English
/-əɹi/
suffix
Definitions
- Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning the "art, craft, or practice of."
- Added to verbs to form nouns meaning "place of" (an art, craft, or practice).
- Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "a class, group, or collection of."
- Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "behavior characteristic of."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English -erie derived from -erie derived from Latin -ārius (of n-g, pertaining to), -ātor.
Origin
Latin
-ātor
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ator English
- shenaniganery English
- shenanigans English
- -or Latin
- -ārius Latin
- -ātor Latin
- -erei German
- Sterndeuterei German
- Treterei German
- Wüterei German
- -ario Italian
- -eria Italian
- -aar Dutch, Flemish
- -ator Dutch, Flemish
- -ateur French
- -erie French
- boulonnerie French
- bouquinerie French
- -атор Russian
- -ятор Russian
- -ario Spanish, Castilian
- -ero Spanish, Castilian
- *-ārijaz Proto-Germanic
- -erie Middle English
- -ari Old Norse
- -aire Old French
- -eor Old French
- -erie Old French
- -ier Old French
- -or Old French
- -ari Catalan, Valencian
- -er Catalan, Valencian
- -awdwr Welsh
- -ario Ido
- -eri- Ido
- -erio Ido
- -aire Old Irish
- -eiro Old Portuguese
- -ar Aromanian
- -ièr Occitan
- *-tōr Proto-Italic
- -erie xno