'incentive-driven' originates from the combination of 'incentive' and 'driven', where 'incentive' comes from Latin 'incentivum', meaning 'something that incites or motivates', and 'driven' is the past participle of 'drive', meaning 'propelled or motivated'.

'incentive' evolved from the Latin word 'incentivum', and 'driven' is derived from the Old English 'drifan', which means 'to drive'.

Initially, 'incentive' meant 'something that incites or motivates', and 'driven' meant 'propelled'. Together, they evolved to describe a state of being motivated by incentives.