Where does “choir” come from?
Choir derives from Middle English quer, from Old French quer, from Latin cor meaning heart, from Ancient Greek χορός, ultimately from Latin cum and com meaning together.
choir (English): Singing group; group of people who sing together;...
Definitions
- Singing group; group of people who sing together;...
Ancestry of “choir”, step by step
choir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English quer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | quer | A choir singers who musically accompany a liturgy |
| 2 | Old French | cuer | heart |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *corem | — |
| 4 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |
via Mongolian Чойр
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolian | Чойр | — |