Where does “drive” come from?

drive (French) comes from French driver, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

drive (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “drive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdriverdriver; to drive
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ier
drive — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer