Origin: Latin prefix trans-
Transalpine has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.
on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)
"ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"
"Cracow was a transalpine university"
On the other side of the Alps (with respect to Rome, therefore the north side).