Chorus comes from Latin chorus ('band of dancers or singers'), from Ancient Greek khorós ('dance, band of dancers and singers'). The historical trail runs through chorus in Latin and khorós in Ancient Greek. Used as a noun and verb, chorus now means "a group of singers, or a refrain repeated in a song", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as choral and chorister and related forms such as choir, chorale, and choreography. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.