Etymograph

English

redrive

From re- + drive.

Formed from re- + drive

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- ‘to drive’

Proto-Germanic *drībaną ‘to drive’

Proto-West Germanic *drīban ‘to drive’

Old English drīfan ‘to drive’

Middle English driven ‘to drive’

English drive

Today it means

verb To drive again; drive back.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “redrive”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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