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-erie

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See also: erie and Erie

English

Etymology

Influenced by French -erie.

Suffix

-erie

Alternative spelling of -ery (“place”)
Obsolete spelling of -ery in other senses.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -erie

French

Etymology

From Old French -erie. By surface analysis, -ier +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ə).ʁi/

Suffix

-erie f (plural -eries)

denotes a shop selling a certain product
‎bijou (“jewel”) + ‎-erie → ‎bijouterie (“jeweler's”)
denotes an organization specializing in a given field
‎huile (“oil”) + ‎-erie → ‎huilerie (“oil refinery”)
denotes an object used to perform an action
‎souffler (“to blow”) + ‎-erie → ‎soufflerie (“blower”)
denotes nouns describing qualities or properties
‎tricher (“to cheat”) + ‎-erie → ‎tricherie (“cheating”)

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -erie

dégueulasserie

Middle English

Alternative forms

-eri, -eriȝe, -ery, -erye, -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin -ārius

Old French -ier

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)der.

Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)?

Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă)

Ancient Greek -εια (-eia)der.

Latin -ia

Old French -ie

Old French -eriebor.

Middle English -erie

Borrowed from Old French -erie. Some Middle English uses are new formations from -er +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-(ə)riː(ə)/

Suffix

-erie

Forms nouns denoting an art, craft, or practice.
Forms nouns denoting the place where a practice is done.
Forms nouns a group or collective.

Derived terms

Descendants

English: -ery, -ry
Scots: -ery, -ry

References

“-e)rīe, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin -ārius

Old French -ier

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)der.

Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)?

Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă)

Ancient Greek -εια (-eia)der.

Latin -ia

Old French -ie

Old French -erie

From -ier + -ie.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-erie

used to form feminine nouns

Derived terms

Old French terms suffixed with -erie

Descendants

→ Dutch: -erij
→ Middle English: -erie
- English: -ery, -ry
- Scots: -ery, -ry
French: -erie
→ German: -erei
→ Gallo: -eriy
Norman: -éthie
→ Swedish: -eri

Romanian

Suffix

-erie f

Alternative form of -ărie

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