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- Middle Englishdriven
- Middle Englishdrivere
- English todaydriver
From Middle English drivere, dryvere, dryvare, equivalent to drive + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drieuwer (“driver”), Dutch drijver (“driver”), German Low German Driever (“driver”), German Treiber (“driver”), Swedish drivare (“driver”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.