carol English · revision 13305

− It is Middle English, [[bor|fro|carole|t=a round dance accompanied by singers]], of uncertain or unknown origin.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) It is perhaps an alteration of Latin choraula, one who accompanies a choral dance on the flute, or Medieval Latin choraula, a dance to the flute,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Greek [[m|grc|χοραύλης|tr=khoraúlēs]], from khorós, dance, chorus (see [[chorus]]), and aulós, a reed instrument.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)