reformatories

noun

correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders

adjective

tending to reform

Roots

rere- · Latin · again formaform- · Latin · shape, form atus-at · Latin · having been done orium-ori · Latin · place for es-es · English · plural

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The word reformatories breaks down into 5 roots of Latin and English origin: re-, from Latin re (“again”); form, from Latin forma (“shape, form”); -at, from Latin atus (“having been done”); -ori, from Latin orium (“place for”); and -es, from English es (“plural”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.