English

fivescore

From five + score.

A compound of five + score

Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe

Proto-Germanic *fimf

Proto-West Germanic *fimf

Old English fīf

Middle English fyf

English five

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

num hundred

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

Etymograph / fivescore