Where does “choir” come from?

choir (French) comes from Middle French cheoir, from Old French cheoir, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

choir (French): to fall

Definitions

  1. to fall

Ancestry of “choir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcheoirto fall; fall
2Old Frenchcheoirto fall; to fall out; to happen
3Latincadēre—
4Latincadōto fall, to fall out
5Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “choir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →