'nontransferable' originates from the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and the word 'transferable', which comes from Latin 'transferre', where 'trans-' meant 'across' and 'ferre' meant 'to carry'.

'transferre' transformed into the Old French word 'transferer', and eventually became the modern English word 'transfer' with the addition of the prefix 'non-' to form 'nontransferable'.

Initially, 'transferre' meant 'to carry across', and the addition of 'non-' evolved the meaning to 'not able to be carried across or transferred'.