Transfer
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late Middle English (as a verb): from French transférer or Latin transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’. The earliest use of the noun (late 17th century) was as a legal term in the sense ‘conveyance of property’.
wiktionary
From Latin trānsferō(“I bear across”).
etymonline
transfer (v.)
late 14c., from Old French transferer or directly from Latin transferre "bear across, carry over, bring through; transfer, copy, translate," from trans "across, beyond" (see trans-) + ferre "to carry" (from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry"). Related: Transferred; transferring.
transfer (n.)
1670s, "conveyance of property," from transfer (v.).
