χορός
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- dance ring, round dance
- dance accompanied by song, choral dance
- chorus, choir, band of singers and dancers
- band, troop, group
- row
- place for dancing
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (yearn, enclose, bowels, yearn for, scratch, short, bristle, bowel, catch, wish, shine, guts, scrape, feel inclination, glow, intestine, string), *ǵʰoros.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰoros
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- choreology English
- choreomania English
- chorus English
- exhort English
- exhortation English
- exhortative English
- exhorter English
- hortative English
- hortatory English
- Stesichorus Latin
- Stēsichorus Latin
- Terpsichorē Latin
- adhortor Latin
- choragus Latin
- choralis Latin
- choraules Latin
- chorea Latin
- chorus Latin
- chorēa Latin
- cohors Latin
- cohortor Latin
- cortem Latin
- dehortor Latin
- dehortārī Latin
- exhortor Latin
- hariolus Latin
- haruspex Latin
- hernia Latin
- hillae Latin
- hirnea Latin
- horior Latin
- hortatio Latin
- hortensis Latin
- hortor Latin
- Choreographie German
- kórus Hungarian
- bassacorte Italian
- coro Italian
- orticello Italian
- chorus French
- хор Russian
- хоровод Russian
- хоровой Russian
- Στησίχορος Ancient Greek
- Τερψιχόρα Ancient Greek
- Τερψιχόρη Ancient Greek
- αὐλός Ancient Greek
- τέρψις Ancient Greek
- τέρψῐς Ancient Greek
- τερψίχορος Ancient Greek
- χάρις Ancient Greek
- χάρμα Ancient Greek
- χάρμη Ancient Greek
- χάρτης Ancient Greek
- χαρά Ancient Greek
- χαράσσω Ancient Greek
- χοραυλής Ancient Greek
- χοραύλης Ancient Greek
- χορδά Ancient Greek
- χορδή Ancient Greek
- χορεία Ancient Greek
- χορευτής Ancient Greek
- χορεύω Ancient Greek
- χορηγός Ancient Greek
- χράομαι Ancient Greek
- χρέος Ancient Greek
- χρή Ancient Greek
- χρεώ Ancient Greek
- χρηστός Ancient Greek
- χόριον Ancient Greek
- ἡγέομαι Ancient Greek
- ἵστημι Ancient Greek
- **gʷr̥H-ont- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰr̥dʰós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewlos Proto-Indo-European
- *kēr dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰer-, *ǵʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰorn- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰoros Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰortós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰr̥-t-ós Proto-Indo-European
- *gernaz Proto-Germanic
- *gernô Proto-Germanic
- *girnijaną Proto-Germanic
- *gurwijaz Proto-Germanic
- kor Swedish
- koreografi Swedish
- chorał Polish
- हरति Sanskrit
- हिर Sanskrit
- cóiréagrafaíocht Irish
- cór Irish
- kórr Old Norse
- cohorte Old French
- quer Old French
- ĥore Esperanto
- ĥoro Esperanto
- hor Serbo-Croatian
- cor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- horă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- χορεύω Greek (modern)
- χορηγός Greek (modern)
- χορός Greek (modern)
- côr Welsh
- côor Middle Dutch
- taxlink, Hortensia Translingual
- hora Turkish
- хор Bulgarian
- kōr Middle High German
- kuar Albanian
- cuer Middle French
- *gerstu gmw-pro
- coro Old Portuguese
- *gari- Proto-Celtic
- *garwos Proto-Celtic
- *gerros Proto-Celtic
- *gre-lach Proto-Celtic
- harati Pali
- *ȷ́ʰraswás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- côr Friulian
- choras Lithuanian
- coro Old Spanish
- *garā Proto-Albanian
- kartse Tocharian B
- *kʰəřřō Proto-Hellenic
- harik Kalasha
- hauriya Mozarabic
- *žirgt(e)y bat-pro