Etymograph

English

score bug

From score + bug.

A compound of score + bug

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

Middle English bugge ‘scarecrow, hobgoblin’

English bug

Today it means

noun A chyron displaying a sports score and similar information.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “score bug”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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