fordrive

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To drive away; expel.
2. To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray.

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: fordriven

Geërf van Old English: fordrīfan

Verwante met Fries: fordriuwe

Verwante met Nederlands: verdrijven

Verwante met Duits: vertreiben

Verwante met Deens: fordrive

Verwante met Sweeds: fördriva

In summary

From Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (“to drive away, drive out, expel”), equivalent to for- + drive.
Cognate with West Frisian fordriuwe, ferdriuwe (“to expel”), Dutch verdrijven (“to expel”), German Low German verdrieven (“to drive away”), German vertreiben (“to expel, drive out, banish”), Danish fordrive (“to oust, expel”), Swedish fördriva (“to drive away, drive out, banish”).