Where does “transfer” come from?
Transfer comes from Latin transfero, meaning to carry across, from ferre meaning to carry, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- meaning to bear or carry.
transfer (English): To move or pass from one place, person or thing...
Definitions
- To move or pass from one place, person or thing...
Ancestry of “transfer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | trānsferre | — |
Words derived from “transfer”
- transistor
- transferable
- transferor
- transferee
- transferase
- transferability
- methyltransferase
- thyristor
- aminotransferase
- acetyltransferase
- acyltransferase
- nontransferable
- transferral
- phototransistor
- phosphotransferase
- sulfotransferase
- glucuronosyltransferase
- transimpedance
- phosphoribosyltransferase
- palmitoyltransferase
- glutamyltransferase
- galactosyltransferase
- retransfer
- glycosyltransferase