Where does “score” come from?

score (Middle English) comes 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,...

score (Middle English): score

Definitions

  1. score

Ancestry of “score”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishscorunotch; tally; score
2Old Norseskórshoe
3Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

Words derived from “score

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew-