The word "Sixscore" is spelled as /sɪkskɔr/, with the stress on the first syllable. It is a compound word made up of "six" and "score," which means twenty. So, "sixscore" essentially means "one hundred and twenty." The spelling of the word follows the standard English rules of phonetics, with the "x" being pronounced as "ks" and the "c" as "k." This word is not commonly used in everyday language but can be found in literature or historical texts.
The word "sixscore" comes from Old English. It is a compound formed by combining "six" and "score". In Old English, "six" meant the number 6, and "score" referred to a group of 20. Thus, "sixscore" literally translates to "six times twenty", or 120.