English
screwdriver
Compound of screw + driver.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)krebʰ-
Latin scrōfa ‘sow’
Old French escroue
Middle English scrue ‘a screw’
English screw
Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-
Proto-Germanic *drībaną ‘to drive, push, compel to go’
Proto-West Germanic *drīban ‘to drive, to push, to compel to go’
Old English drīfan ‘to drive’
Middle English driven ‘to drive’
Middle English drivere
English driver
Today it means
noun A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / screwdriver