scor

Forms

scor n (plural scoruri)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French score;^{[2][3][1][4][5][6][7]} DN, NODEX and the DLR give English score beside the French word as a second source.^{[2][3][1][4][5][6][7]} French took the word from English in 1896 as a sports term, the number of points scored by each side.^[8][9] The English word first meant a notch, then twenty, a number marked by a long notch on a tally, and so a count or tally of points; it comes from Old Norse skor (“notch; twenty”).^[9]

Earliest recorded meaning

The DLR's earliest dated quotation is from the newspaper Scînteia of 1953, reporting that an international water polo match ended with a score of 6–2.^[4][10] MDA2 gives Iorgu Iordan's Limba română contemporană of 1956 as the first record.^[6]

Semantic evolution

The word belongs to sports: the ratio between the points scored by both sides, and the result it shows.^[2][4] Set phrases include scor alb “goalless draw” and a deschide scorul “to open the scoring”.^[4][6] Sports journalism formed compounds such as scor-fluviu “a very high score”, recorded from 1969, and scor-limită “the narrowest score”, from 1970.^[11]

Timeline

• 1953 – scorul de 6–2 in a water polo report in Scînteia.^[4]
• 1956 – in Iorgu Iordan's Limba română contemporană.^[6]
• 1969 – scor-fluviu “a very high score” in the sports press.^[11]
• 1970 – scorul-limită “the narrowest score”.^[11]

Meanings

Noun

1. (sports) The score: the ratio between the points scored and conceded in a game or contest, and the result it shows.^[2][6][1]
2. scor alb: a goalless draw.^[2][6]

Related words

• French score

Usage notes

The plural is scoruri.^[2][4] A score is given with the preposition de: cu scorul de 2–0.^[4]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 992
3. ^ a b Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. scor
4. ^ a b c d e f g h Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. scor
5. ^ a b Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. scor
6. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 818
7. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. scor
8. ^ Trésor de la langue française informatisé (2004), ATILF – CNRS & Université de Lorraine, atilf.fr/tlfi; electronic version of Imbs, Paul; Quemada, Bernard, eds. (1971–1994), Trésor de la langue française, Paris: CNRS / Gallimard
9. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
10. ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 4, 62
11. ^ a b c Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. scor