▪ If
ḫūrī is from Grk
χorós, then it has the same origin as Engl
choir, c. 1300
queor ‘part of the church where the choir sings’, from oFr
cuer,
quer ‘(architectural) choir of a church; chorus of singers’ (C13, modFr
chœur), from Lat
chorus ‘choir’ (see
chorus). In Engl, the meaning ‘band of singers’ is from c. 1400,
quyre. Re-spelled mC17 in an attempt to match classical forms, but the pronunciation has not changed –
EtymOnline.
▪ If it is from Fr
curé, cognates in Eur langs are items that, ultimately, go back to Lat
cura ‘care, concern, trouble’. Fr
curé is first attested in 1259 as ‘parish-priest’; by extension, any ‘cleric’ (1845); from mLat
curatus ‘one responsible for the care (of souls)’ (C11; very rare in the Middle Ages), derived from Lat
cura,
curare ‘to take care of’ (CNRTL,
EtymOnline).