Etymology of the English word drive
the English word
drivederived from the English word
drivenderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhreibh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*dribananDerivations in English
drivability,
drivage,
driveline,
outdrive,
driveway,
driving,
driveaway,
driver,
overdriveDerivations in other languages
French
driver, French
driver, Romanian
driveCognates
Dutch
drijven, German
treiben, Icelandic
drífa, Swedish
drivaUsage
Word found in Modern English
