'conflict-driven' originates from the combination of 'conflict' and 'driven', where 'conflict' comes from Latin 'conflictus', meaning 'a striking together', and 'driven' is the past participle of 'drive', from Old English 'drīfan', meaning 'to force to move'.

'conflict' changed from the Latin word 'conflictus' and eventually became the modern English word 'conflict'. 'Driven' evolved from Old English 'drīfan' to its current form.

Initially, 'conflict' meant 'a striking together', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a serious disagreement or argument'.