suffixfirst/second-declension suffix
-tōrius
-tōrius (feminine -tōria, neuter -tōrium)
Classical[ˈtoː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɔː.ri.us]
Meaning
- morphemesuffix-ory; used to form adjectives from verbs
mereō, merēre, meruī, meritum (“to deserve, earn, merit”) + -tōrius → meritōrius (“profitable”)
texō, texere, texuī, textum (“to weave”) + -tōrius → textōrius (“of weaving”) — could also be derived from textor (“weaver”) with -ius
Origins
From -tor + -ius.
Elsewhere
- German-orisch
- Italian-toio
- Italian-toia
- English-oryfrom Old French -oire
- French-oirefrom Old French -oire
- Portuguese-doirofrom Old Galician-Portuguese -doiro
- Portuguese-dourofrom Old Galician-Portuguese -doiro
- Romanian-tor
- Romanian-ător
- Romanian-toare
Borrowings
- Italian-torio
- Portuguese-tório
- Portuguese-ório
- Spanish-torio