Transfer etymology

English

English word transfer comes from Latin fero, Latin latus (Side, flank Spacious, extensive. Wide, broad.), Latin trans (Across, beyond.), Latin ferre, Latin trans-

Etymology of transfer

Detailed word origin of transfer

Dictionary entry Language Definition
fero Latin (lat) I bear, carry. I cast (a vote); pass or ratify (a law). I report. I suffer, endure. I support, hold up.
latus Latin (lat) Side, flank Spacious, extensive. Wide, broad.
trans Latin (lat) Across, beyond.
ferre Latin (lat)
trans- Latin (lat)
transfero Latin (lat) I apply, make use of.. I bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer.. I carry along in public, display in procession, bear in triumph.. I change, transform.. I copy, transcribe, transfer.. I put off, defer, postpone, delay, transfer.. I transfer in meaning, use figuratively or tropically.. I translate into another language; interpret.
transfer English (en) (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.. (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.. (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its [...]

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