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-arium
- a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, which often denote a location or receptacle ( armarium; caldarium; solarium; vivarium ). It has limited productivity in English, especially in words denoting an artificial environment for plants or animals, on the model of vivarium or herbarium: aquarium; insectarium; terrarium.
-arium
suffix forming nouns
- indicating a place for or associated with something
planetarium
aquarium
solarium
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -arium1
from Latin -ārium, neuter of -ārius -ary
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