-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.
compare -ary.
-arium
suffix
indicating a place for or -ssociated with something aquarium, planetarium, solarium
word origin
from latin -ārium, neuter of -ārius-ary
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