Where does “score” come from?
Score comes from Old Norse skor, from Old English scoru, from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic skurō, whose original meaning remains uncertain.
score (English): The total number of goals, points, runs, etc....
Definitions
- The total number of goals, points, runs, etc....
Ancestry of “score”, step by step
score traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English score
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | score | score |
| 2 | Old English | scoru | notch; tally; score |
| 3 | Old Norse | skór | shoe |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skōhaz | shoe |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skewk- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kew- | to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,... |
via Old English sċora
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | sċora | shore |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skurô | rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore |
Words derived from “score”