word-forming element making nouns meaning "place for, art of, condition of, quantity of," from Middle English -erie, from Latin -arius (see -ary). Also sometimes in modern colloquial use "the collectivity of" or "an example of."
erudite
erudition
erupt
eruption
eruptive
-ery
erysipelas
erythema
erythro-
Erzgebirge
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