'scorer' originates from English, specifically the word 'score', where the root 'score' ultimately comes from Old Norse 'skor', meaning 'notch'.

'scorer' developed from Middle English 'score' with the agentive suffix '-er' (meaning 'one who scores'). 'Score' itself evolved from Old Norse 'skor' (a notch or cut) and later came to mean a tally or count and then 'to record points'.

Initially, the root meant 'a notch or mark' (used to keep a tally), but over time it evolved into the modern sense of 'to record points', so 'scorer' now means 'one who scores points'.