Where does “scoring” come from?

Scoring comes from English score, which derives from Old Norse skor, Old English scoru, Old Norse skor, and Proto-Germanic skurō, originally meaning a notch or tally mark.

scoring (English): Of something or someone that scores; The process...

Definitions

  1. Of something or someone that scores; The process...

Ancestry of “scoring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscoreThe total number of goals, points, runs, etc....
2Middle Englishscorescore
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,...

Words derived from “scoring”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skōhaz →
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