Definition of CISALPINE

cisalpine

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
    • "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"

Adj

  • On this side of the Alps (chiefly the south side where Rome is located).
  • Alternative letter-case form of Cisalpine (“of or pertaining to Gallicanism, the doctrine that the church of France is autonomous, especially in relation to the pope; or cisalpinism, a movement in 18th–19th century Britain among Roman Catholics which took the view that allegiance to the Crown was compatible with allegiance to the pope”).

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 13

cisalpine is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cisalpine is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cisalpine is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

cisalpine is a valid Words With Friends word