Drift

Morpheme

Drift

Type

free base

Denotation

movement, act of driving

Etymology

Middle English drift, dryft, from driven + -t

Evidence

adrift, downdrift, drift, driftage, driftbolt, drifted, drifter, driftful, drifting, driftland, driftless, driftlet, driftling, drifts, driftwood, drifty, snowdrift, updrift

Notes

influenced by or borrowed from Old Norse drift