-ory

Etymology

 * From, from the adjective suffix.
 * From the noun suffix.
 * From the noun suffix.

Suffix

 * 1) of or pertaining to, serving for; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns but also verbs, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
 * excrete and excretory, sense and sensory, statute and statutory.
 * 1) that which pertains to, or serves for; noun suffix appended to various words
 * ambulatory, dormitory, factory