Etymograph

English

subscore

From sub- + score.

Formed from sub- + score

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

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

noun A score that makes up part of a larger total score

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subscore”. 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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