'production-driven' originates from the combination of 'production' and 'driven', where 'production' refers to the process of creating goods and 'driven' implies being motivated or propelled by something.

'production' comes from the Latin word 'productio', and 'driven' is derived from the Old English 'drifan'.

Initially, 'production-driven' meant being motivated by the act of producing, and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.