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-ery

suffix
/əɹi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery From Middle English -erie, from Anglo-Norman -erie, which is from -ier + -ie; a suffix forming abstract nouns. The suffix first occurs in loans from Old French into Middle English, but becomes productive within English by the 16th century, in some instances properly a combination of the agent suffix -er with -y as in bakery, brewery, but also as a single suffix in terms like slavery, machinery (which are not derived from slaver or machiner). By surface analysis, -er + -y.

  1. derived from -erie
  2. inherited from -erie

Definitions

  1. Added to occupational etc. nouns to form other nouns meaning the "art, craft, or practice…

    Added to occupational etc. nouns to form other nouns meaning the "art, craft, or practice of."

    • midwife + -ery → midwifery
    • cook + -ery → cookery

  2. Added to verbs to form nouns meaning "place of" (an art, craft, or practice).

    • bake + -ery → bakery
    • distill + -ery → distillery
    • join + -ery → joinery

  3. Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "a class, group, or collection of."

    • crock + -ery → crockery
    • hose + -ery → hosiery
    • shrub + -ery → shrubbery
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "behavior characteristic of."

      • snob + -ery → snobbery
      • tomfool + -ery → tomfoolery

    2. Forming adjectives.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA