fordrive
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To drive away; expel.
- (transitive) To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fordriven inherited from Old English fordrīfan (drive, compel, drive on, sweep away, overtax, impel, drive away, expel) inherited from *fradrīban inherited from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (drive out, drive away, expel) affix from English drive.
Origin
English
drive
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Orion drive English
- bedrive English
- codrive English
- drivable English
- drive English
- driveable English
- driveaway English
- drivebolt English
- drivee English
- drivehead English
- driveless English
- drivelike English
- driveline English
- drivepipe English
- driver English
- driveshaft English
- driveshed English
- drivest English
- driveth English
- drivetime English
- drivetrain English
- driveway English
- driving English
- floppy diskette drive English
- hyperdrive English
- microdrive English
- misdrive English
- multidrive English
- outdrive English
- overdrive English
- piledrive English
- redrive English
- spacedrive English
- stardrive English
- sterndrive English
- todrive English
- underdrive English
- war-drive English
- wardrive English
- draivi Finnish
- Drive German
- Vertreibung German
- treiben German
- vertreiben German
- drijven Dutch, Flemish
- verdrijven Dutch, Flemish
- драйв Russian
- drive Portuguese
- *fradrībaną Proto-Germanic
- driva Swedish
- fördriva Swedish
- fordrīfan Old English
- driven Middle English
- fordriven Middle English
- drajvo Esperanto
- ไดรฟ์ Thai
- drayb Cebuano
- verdriven Middle Dutch
- vertriben Middle High German
- *fradrīban gmw-pro
- fardrīvan Old Saxon
- fordriva Old Swedish
- 드라이브 Korean
- kalaiwa Hawaiian
- drive
- driver
- drivee
- todrive
- drivest
- redrive
- driveth
- codrive
- driving
- bedrive
- driveway
- drivable
- outdrive
- misdrive
- wardrive
- drivepipe
- war-drive
- driveable
- driveless
- stardrive
- drivebolt
- overdrive
- driveshed
- drivelike
- drivetime
- piledrive
- driveaway
- drivehead
- driveline
- underdrive
- sterndrive
- microdrive
- multidrive
- drivetrain
- spacedrive
- driveshaft
- hyperdrive
- Orion drive
- floppy diskette drive