English

sixscore

From six + score.

A compound of six + score

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs

Proto-Germanic *sehs

Proto-West Germanic *sehs

Old English six

Middle English six

English six

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 One hundred and twenty.

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

Etymograph / sixscore