cisalpine

cisalpine · adjective¹

1. substrate · derived from
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂el-“to grow; to nourish”
3. Latin · learned borrowing fromcisalpīnus“cisalpine”
4. English todaycisalpine

PIE word *ḱís Learned borrowing from Latin cisalpīnus (“cisalpine”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Cisalpīnus is derived from cis (“on or to this or the near side of”) + Alpīnus (“of or pertaining to the Alps, alpine”) (from Alpēs (“Alps”) (ultimate etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow; to nourish”), Celtic, or a pre-Roman Alpine substrate) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’)). The English word is analysable as cis- + Alpine.

Cisalpine · adjective, noun²

The adjective is derived from cisalpine (“on this side of the Alps (chiefly the south side where Rome is located)”). Adjective sense 2 (“of or pertaining to cisalpinism”) was popularized by the Cisalpine Club which was founded in England in 1792. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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