Etymograph

English

choro-

Choro- comes from Ancient Greek χώρᾱ ‘location, place, spot’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχώρᾱ1khṓrā‘location, place, spot’
  2. Englishtodaychoro-1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English choro-

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχώρᾱWiktionary, English choro-khṓrā‘location, place, spot’
  2. Englishtodaychoro-Wiktionary, English choro-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave behind’

go, gone, inherit, forego, 20 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- ‘derelict’

heritage, heir, hereditary, heredity, 15 more

Today it means

prefix place

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “choro-”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek χώρᾱ / choro-

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