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Alpine
Alpine comes from French alpin ‘of the Alps’, and goes back to Latin Alpēs.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAlpēs‘the Alps’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEAlpīnus‘of or pertaining to the Alps’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentalpin‘of the Alps’
- Englishearliest quotation 1833–1834Alpine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAlpēs‘the Alps’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEAlpīnus‘of or pertaining to the Alps’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentalpin‘of the Alps’
- Englishearliest quotation 1833–1834Alpine
Earliest quotation: 1833–1834, Alfred Tennyson, The Two Voices: “Some vague emotion of delight / In gazing up…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow, rise’
as, all, old, else, adult, el, ultimate, element, ultra, elder, ellen, alien, alternate, outrage, alter, ou, qualification, altitude, alumni, adolescent, altar, abolish, alt, alias, alto, proletariat, alum, auld, retaliate, ulterior, alimony, alibi, altruism, parallax, coalesce, aad, eld, foetal, exalt, althea, 67 more
through Latin Alpēs ‘the Alps’
Today it means
adj Of, relating to, or inhabiting the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Alpēs / Alpine