-orium
suffix
- (establishment in which a specific activity is carried on)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /-ˈɔːɹ.ɪ.əm/ / /-ˈoɹ.ɪ.əm/ / /-ˈoːɹ.ɪ.əm/
suffix
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -ōrium. Doublet of -ory.
- Forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function or thing.
“appress + -orium → appressorium”
““It’s a pickle jar,” said Alice. “It’s one of the new kind called a pickelorium.””