Etymograph

English

Pennines

Pennines comes from Latin Apenninus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEApenninus
  2. EnglishtodayPennines

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEApenninus
  2. EnglishtodayPennines

The story

Usually connected to the Italian Apennines, originally borrowed from Latin Apenninus by Latin scribes and subsequently losing its initial A by rebracketing or aphesis. Alternatively, possibly derived directly from a Celtic language; by surface analysis, Proto-Brythonic *penn (‘(hill) top, head’) plus -ine.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Latin Apenninus

Today it means

name A mountain range of hills stretching through north central England.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Apenninus / Pennines

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