Word origin
[1635–45, for earlier sense;
bastard +
-ry]This word is first recorded in the period 1635–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: focus, intaglio, linear, naturalism, recruit-ry is a suffix of nouns denoting occupation, business, calling or condition, place orestablishment, goods or products, things collectively, qualities, actions, etc. Otherwords that use the affix -ry include: infantry, mimicry, pastry, press-agentry, summitry