English

fewscore

From few + score.

A compound of few + score

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ‘few’

Proto-Germanic *fawaz

Proto-West Germanic *fau

Old English fēaw

Middle English fewe ‘few’

English few

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

Proto-Germanic *skurō ‘incision’

Old Norse skor ‘a score’

Old English scoru ‘notch’

Middle English score

English score

Today it means

det A few score: on the order of a small multiple of twenty.

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

Etymograph / fewscore