transfer

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move something or someone from one place to another.

   Please transfer the files to the new computer.

2. 2
   verb

   To move money from one account or person to another.

   I transferred the money to her bank account this morning.

3. 3
   verb

   To get off one bus, train, or plane and onto another to continue a journey.

   You'll need to transfer to the Blue Line at the next station.

4. 4
   noun

   The act of moving something or someone from one place to another.

   The transfer of the patient to another hospital took several hours.

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Simplified etymology

Transfer entered English in the late Middle English period and comes from the Latin ferre, meaning “bring”; the source describes transfer as “carry across.”

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin trānsferōder. English transfer From Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

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