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Where does “draiva” come from?

draiva (Tok Pisin) comes from English driver, from Middle English drivere.

draiva (Tok Pisin): driver

Definitions

  1. driver

Ancestry of “draiva”, step by step

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