Chore Definition
A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
Origin of Chore
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From Middle English cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (German kehren (“to turn”)). See also char.
From Wiktionary
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From Greek khōrein to spread about from khōros place, room ghē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Possibly derived from the Romani word chōr (“thief”), see also Geordie word chor.
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From Ancient Greek χωρέω (khōreō, “to move, spread").
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Variant of char
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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