fordrive

Senso (Inglese)

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

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: fordriven

Ereditato da inglese antico: fordrīfan

Affine frisone occidentale: fordriuwe

Affine olandese: verdrijven

Affine tedesco: vertreiben

Affine danese: fordrive

Affine svedese: 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”).