English
lamington drive
Lamington drive comes from English drive ‘fundraiser’.
- English1500–presentdrive‘fundraiser’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992lamington drive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentdrive‘fundraiser’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992lamington drive
Earliest quotation: 1992, Robyn Rowland, Living Laboratories: Women and Reproductive Technologies: “From a modest beginning, relying on ‘funds raised through…”
A compound of lamington + drive ‘fundraiser’
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
Every English word from English drive
Today it means
noun A club or school fundraising event where volunteers make lamingtons for sale.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English drive / lamington drive