Where does “kwaya” come from?

kwaya (Swahili) 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.

kwaya (Swahili): choir

Definitions

  1. choir

Ancestry of “kwaya”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kwaya”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic kord →Every word from Latin cor →