Etymology

-atory

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Latin -atorius
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-atory · suffix1

  1. Latin · borrowed from-atorius
  2. Latin · borrowed from-atorius
  3. English today-atory

Borrowed from Latin -atorius. By surface analysis, -ate + -ory.

-atory · suffix2

  1. ['la · borrowed from-atorium
  2. Latin · borrowed from-atorium
  3. English today-atory

Borrowed from Latin -atorium (neuter of -atorius). By surface analysis, -ate + -ory.

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