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Where does “scorestreak” come from?

scorestreak (English) comes 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,...

scorestreak (English): An unbroken streak of scoring, acquired without...

Definitions

  1. An unbroken streak of scoring, acquired without...

Ancestry of “scorestreak”, step by step

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