Etymograph

English

scorewriting

From score + writing.

A compound of score + writing

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

Proto-Germanic *wrītaną ‘to scratch’

Proto-West Germanic *wrītan ‘to scratch’

Old English wrītan ‘to write’

Old English wrīting

Middle English writing

English writing

Today it means

noun The composition of musical scores.

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

Etymograph / scorewriting