[1610–20; ape + -ery]This word is first recorded in the period 1610–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cult, cultivate, institutional, tank, technical-ery 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 -ery include: archery, cutlery, fishery, trickery, witchery