Where does “IQ-score” come from?

IQ-score (Dutch) comes from Dutch score, from English score, from Middle English score, from Old English scoru, from Old Norse skór, from Proto-Germanic skōhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewk-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

IQ-score (Dutch): IQ score

Definitions

  1. IQ score

Ancestry of “IQ-score”, step by step

IQ-score traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch score

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchscorescore number of points earned
2EnglishscoreThe total number of goals, points, runs, etc....
3Middle Englishscorescore
4Old Englishscorunotch; tally; score
5Old Norseskórshoe
6Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

via Dutch IQ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchIQ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic skōhaz