Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutevera chinyorwa cha1853 naArthur Hussey, zvave kutenda kwakakurumbira kuti zita rinobva mundima iri mu "Tsananguro yeBritain" (), nhoroondo yenhema yakashata yakagadzirwa naCharles Bertram muma1740 uye yakagamuchirwa seyechokwadi kusvika kuma1840. Muna 2004, George Redmonds akaongororazve izvi, achiona kuti vanyori vazhinji vanoremekedzwa vakapfuura pamusoro pekutanga kwezita remakomo vakanyarara kunyangwe mumabasa akatsaurirwa kutopological etymology yeDerbyshire neLancashire. Akawana kuti kutaura kwaBertram kwaitendwa nevakawanda uye kwaionekwa sokusagadzikana. Kutaura idi, Redmonds akawana enzaniso dzinodzokororwa neApennines yeItaly inodzokera shure kunenge kare kare saWilliam Camden (1551<unk>1623), vazhinji vane mazita enzvimbo nemifungo Bertram akabatanidza mubasa rake. Bertram akanga ane mutoro (zvakanyanya) nekuita kuti zita racho rizivikanwe pamusoro pevamwe vakwikwidzi vakadai saDaniel Defoe "English Andes". Chimiro chake pachake chezita racho chaiva "Pennine Alps" (""), iro nhasi rinoshandiswa nokuda kwechikamu chokumadokero cheAlps dzemakondinendi. Makomo iwayo (nharaunda yakapoteredza St. Bernard Pass) anowana zita rawo kubva muchiLatin "Alpes Pœninæ" ane zita rakasiyana-siyana rakatorwa kubva
VaCarthage, mwari womunzvimbomo, uye "peninus" yechiCelt. St. Bernard Pass ndiyo nzira yakashandiswa pakurwiswa kweItaly neGallic Boii neLingones muna 390 BC. Dudziro yemitauro yeApennines pachavo - vane zita rakatanga kureva kumucheto kwavo kuchamhembe uye ndokuzopararira kumaodzanyemba - inopokanawo asi kazhinji inotorwa kuti inotorwa kubva kune imwe nzira yeCelt "pen" kana "ben" ("gomo, musoro").