Where does “driver” come from?

driver (Italian) comes from English driver, from Middle English drivere.

driver (Italian): driver (in a trotting race; tennis player good at driving)

Definitions

  1. driver (in a trotting race; tennis player good at driving)

Ancestry of “driver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdriverOne who drives something, in any sense of the...
2Middle Englishdrivere—
Every word from Middle English drivere →Every word from English driver →