Where does “côr” come from?

côr (Welsh) comes from English quire, 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.

côr (Welsh): crib, stall; song; chancel, choir, sanctuary;...

Definitions

  1. crib, stall; song; chancel, choir, sanctuary;...

Ancestry of “côr”, step by step

côr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English quire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquireOne-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of...
2Middle EnglishquerA choir singers who musically accompany a liturgy
3Old Frenchcuerheart
4Vulgar Latin*corem—
5Latincorheart; soul, mind
6Proto-Italickordheart
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via Middle Welsh cor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Welshcor—
2Proto-Brythonic*kor—

Words derived from “côr”

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