fivescore

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ˈfaɪvˌskɔr/ UK /ˈfaɪvˌskɔː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

num
five times twenty; one hundred

Fivescore years had passed since the founding.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 num · five times twenty; one hundred hundred

Word family

Related forms score five

Etymology

A compound of five + score ('twenty'), score being from Old English scoru ('twenty, a notch'), from Old Norse skor ('notch, tally'), from the practice of counting by notches of twenty.

fīf Old English scoru Old English

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Topics

Numbers & Quantity

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# fivescore

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** num
**IPA (US):** /ˈfaɪvˌskɔr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfaɪvˌskɔː/

## Meanings
1. five times twenty; one hundred

## Examples
- Fivescore years had passed since the founding.

## Synonyms
- hundred

## Related Forms
- score
- five

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fīf
- Root: scoru

## Etymology
A compound of five + score ('twenty'), score being from Old English scoru ('twenty, a notch'), from Old Norse skor ('notch, tally'), from the practice of counting by notches of twenty.

## AI Etymology
Fivescore is a compound of five + score ('twenty'), score being from Old English scoru ('twenty, a notch'), from Old Norse skor ('notch, tally'), from the practice of counting by notches of twenty. Morphologically, the form is compositional, with the named elements combining to produce the modern spelling and sense. In present use, it is used as a num and noun meaning "five times twenty; one hundred", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as score and five, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Old English fīf and Old English scoru, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood includes hundred, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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