-ory

• -or + -y
• From Middle English -orie, from the Latin adjective suffix -tōrius.^[1]
• From the Latin noun suffix -tōrium.^[2]

-ory

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^[1]

   excrete and excretory, sense and sensory, statute and statutory.

2. that which pertains to, or serves for; noun suffix appended to various words^[2]

   ambulatory, dormitory, factory

• -al
• -ar
• -ary
• -ese
• -ic
• -id
• -ish
• -like
• -oid
• -ous
• -y

• roy, RYO, yor, Roy, ryo, ryō, ROY