Английский Этимологический словарь - drive (v.)

- O.E. drifan (class I strong verb; past tense draf, pp. drifen), from P.Gmc. *dribanan, original sense of "pushing from behind," altered in Mod.Eng. by application to automobiles. Drive-in (adj.) first recorded 1930, of restaurants, banks, movies, etc. Driveway is from 1875.