Love, 15, 30, 40,... What's up with the scoring system in tennis?

Love, 15, 30, 40,... What's up with the scoring system in tennis?
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I heard that the “love” score is a bastardization of the french word “l’oeuf” (egg) and the scores used to go love, 15, 30, 45, (60) but got abbreviated later on.
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