-arium

-arium
suffix forming nouns usu. denoting a place (aquarium; planetarium).
Etymology: L, neut. of adjs. in -arius: see -ARY(1)

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\\ˈa(a)r-, ˈār-, ˈerēəm\ noun suffix (plural -ariums or -aria)
Etymology: Latin, from neuter of -arius -ary
: thing or place belonging to or connected with

aquarium

planetarium

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a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, which often denote a location or receptacle (armarium; caldarium; solarium; vivarium). It has limited productivity in English, esp. in words denoting an artificial environment for plants or animals, on the model of vivarium or herbarium: aquarium; insectarium; terrarium. Cf. -ary.
[ < L -arium; see -ARY]

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suffix forming nouns usually denoting a place

planetarium | vivarium

Origin:
from Latin, neuter ending of adjectives in -arius

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-arium, suffix of ns.,
a. L. -ārium ‘thing connected with or employed in, place for,’ orig. neuter of adjs. in -ārius. Of this the regular adapted form in Eng. is -ary: see -ary1, but the unchanged L. form is used with a few terms of classical and ecclesiastical antiquities, or of learned use, as caldarium, frigidarium, sacrarium, honorarium, herbarium, the last of which, being in general use, has probably popularized the use of vivarium and aquarium.

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