Where does “Alps” come from?

Alps derives from Latin Alpes, which is traced to Proto-Indo-European h₂el-, though the original meaning remains uncertain.

Alps (English): running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres

Definitions

  1. running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres

Ancestry of “Alps”, step by step

Alps traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English Alpes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishAlpes—
2Middle FrenchAlpes—

via Latin Alpēs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAlpēswith adjective a particular portion of the Alps

Words derived from “Alps”

Every word from Middle French Alpes →Every word from Middle English Alpes →