English
Transalpine
From trans- + Alpine.
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘to cross over, pass through, overcome’
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Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts
Proto-Italic *trāns ‘across, beyond’
Proto-Italic *trāns-
English trans-
Latin Alpēs ‘the Alps’
Latin Alpīnus ‘of or pertaining to the Alps’
French alpin ‘of the Alps’
English Alpine
Today it means
noun Someone from a country the other side of the Alps, seen from the point of view of Italy; a non-Italian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Transalpine