Borrowing from Englishdrive, from Middle Englishdriven, from Old Englishdrīfan(“to drive, force, move, chase, hunt, follow up, pursue; impel by physical force, rush against, thrust, carry off vigorously, transact, prosecute, conduct, practice, carry on, exercise, do; speak often of a matter, bring up, agitate, trot out; urge a cause; suffer, undergo; proceed with violence, rush with violence, act impetuously”), from Proto-Germanic*drībaną(“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European*dʰreybʰ-(“to drive, push”), from Proto-Indo-European*dʰer-(“cloudy, dirty, muddy”).