-ure
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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-ure suffix repr. (O)F.
-ure — L.
-ūra, denoting primarily action or process or the result of this, (hence) office or rank, collective body or organization; usu. affixed to pps., but in L.
figūra FIGURE being exceptionally attached to a pres. vb. -stem. Various other F. endings have been assim. to this in Eng. adoptions, as in
leisure,
manure,
pleasure,
tenure,
treasure.
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