Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịgbaso edemede 1853 nke Arthur Hussey dere, ọ bụ nkwenye a na-ahụkarị na aha ahụ sitere na amaokwu dị na "Nkọwa nke Britain" (), akụkọ ifo akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Charles Bertram chepụtara na 1740s ma nabata dị ka ezigbo ruo 1840s. N'afọ 2004, George Redmonds nyochagharịrị nke a, na-achọpụta na ọtụtụ ndị edemede a na-akwanyere ùgwù gafere mmalite nke ugwu ugwu na-agbachi nkịtị ọbụlagodi n'ọrụ ndị a raara nye etymology nke Derbyshire na Lancashire. Ọ chọpụtara na e kwenyere n'ụzọ sara mbara n'echiche ahụ sitere n'aka Bertram ma were ya dị ka ihe na-adịghị mma. N'ezie, Redmonds chọtara ntụnyere ugboro ugboro ya na Apennines nke Ịtali na-alaghachi ma ọ dịkarịa ala n'oge William Camden (1551<unk>1623), ọtụtụ n'ime aha ebe ya na echiche ya Bertram tinyere n'ọrụ ya. Bertram bụ onye na-ahụ maka (karịa) na-eme ka aha ahụ mara ndị ọzọ na-asọ mpi dịka "English Andes" nke Daniel Defoe. Ụdị aha ya bụ "Pennine Alps" (""), nke a na-eji taa maka mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ nke Alps continental. Ugwu ndị ahụ (mpaghara dị gburugburu St. Bernard Pass) na-enweta aha ha site na Latin "Alpes Pœninæ" nke aha ya sitere na
Ndị Carthage, chi obodo, na "peninus" nke ndị Celt. St. Bernard Pass bụ nke ndị Gallic Boii na Lingones ji wakpo Ịtali n'afọ 390 BC. A na-arụkwa ụka banyere etymology nke Apennines n'onwe ha - onye aha ya buru ụzọ zoo aka na nsọtụ ugwu ha ma mesịa gbasaa na ndịda - mana a na-ewere ya na ọ sitere n'ụdị ụfọdụ nke Celtic "pen" ma ọ bụ "ben" ("ugwu, isi").