Where does “driver” come from?

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

driver (Portuguese): driver program acting as interface between an application and hardware

Definitions

  1. driver program acting as interface between an application and hardware

Ancestry of “driver”, step by step

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