'Transfer' is Latin for 'carry across' — from 'trans-' + 'ferre.' Same verb gave us 'translate.'
To move from one place, person, or position to another; the act of moving something or being moved.
From Latin transferre (to carry across, to transport, to translate), a compound of trans- (across, beyond) + ferre (to carry, to bear). Ferre derives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to carry), one of the most productive roots in the language family: it gave Latin ferre, Greek phérein (φέρειν), Sanskrit bharati, Old English beran, and German gebären. The trans- prefix comes from PIE