Etymograph

English

elevenscore

From eleven + score.

A compound of eleven + score

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Germanic *lībaną ‘to remain, to be left’

Proto-Germanic *ainalif ‘eleven’

Proto-West Germanic *ainalif ‘eleven’

Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun

Old English endleofan ‘eleven’

Middle English elleven ‘eleven’

English eleven

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

Proto-Germanic *skurō

Old Norse skor ‘a score, notch, incision’

Old English scoru ‘notch, mark, tally’

Middle English score ‘score’

English score

Today it means

noun Two hundred and twenty.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / elevenscore