Where does “scor” come from?

scor (Romanian) comes from French 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,...

scor (Romanian): score

Definitions

  1. score

Ancestry of “scor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscorescore (in a sport, game)
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,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic skōhaz