It's by direct analogy with Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul (Galla Transalpina and Galla Cisalpina), which were named by, you know, Julius Caesar, in one of his most famous writings But I'm sure you know more about Latin grammar than he didhttps://twitter.com/ReginaAtkinson0/status/1290463564499767296 …
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Which is the same way we talk about "trans" and "cis" configurations of molecules -- are the functional groups on opposite sides of the backbone or on the same side It's a fairly neat analogy
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