Etymology

choir

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Today it means: A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together. Full definition →

Middle English quer ← Old French quer ← Latin chorus
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choir · noun, verb1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχορός“company of dancers or singers”
  2. Latin · derived fromchorus
  3. Old French · derived fromquer
  4. Middle English · inherited fromquer
  5. English todaychoir

From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora. Displaced native Old English hād.

Choir · proper noun2

  1. Mongolian · derived fromЧойр
  2. English todayChoir

From Mongolian Чойр (Čoir).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishquer all →

quire

Old Frenchquer all →

quire

Latinchorus all →

choruschoralquire

Ancient Greekχορός all →

chorusquire

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.