English
supertransfer
From super- + transfer.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry’
Latin ferō ‘to bear’
Latin trānsferō ‘to bear across’
English transfer
Today it means
noun The cooperative and coherent transfer of energy between chromophores.
Sources
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Etymograph / supertransfer