Etymology

posttransfer

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Today it means: Following transfer Full definition →

English transfer ← Latin trānsferō ← Old Latin poste
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Latintrānsferō
  8. Englishtransfer
  9. English todayposttransfer

From post- + transfer.

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