Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗An acknowledgement of success.
The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game. · The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers. · The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade. · Twenty (20).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear. For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.
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