Morpheme
Score
Type
free base
Denotation
tally, notch, incision, tear, rift, twenty
Etymology
Middle English score, skore, schore; Old English scoru; Old Norse skor
Evidence
eightscore, elevenscore, fivescore, fourscore, ninescore, outscore, overscore, scorable, score, scorecard, scored, scoreless, scores, scoring, sevenscore, sixscore, tenscore, threescore, twelvescore, twoscore, underscore, unscored
Notes
twenty notion developed from historical use of one tally mark for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate
