Where does “Nikon choir” come from?

Nikon choir (English) comes from English choir, from Middle English quer, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

Nikon choir (English): A large group of photographers simultaneously capturing images of a celebrity, producing numerous photographic flashes along with an accompanying din of clicking camera shutters

Definitions

  1. A large group of photographers simultaneously capturing images of a celebrity, producing numerous photographic flashes along with an accompanying din of clicking camera shutters

Ancestry of “Nikon choir”, step by step

Nikon choir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English choir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchoirSinging group; group of people who sing together;...
2Middle EnglishquerA choir singers who musically accompany a liturgy
3Old Frenchcuerheart
4Vulgar Latin*corem
5Latincorheart; soul, mind
6Proto-Italickordheart
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via English Nikon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNikon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr