English
alt-country
From alt- + country.
Latin alternātus ‘alternated, vacillated’
Latin alternātīvus ‘alternating’
Middle French alternatif
English alternative
English alt-
Proto-Italic *komteros ‘the other of the two who meet, opposite’
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Latin contrā ‘against’
Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta ‘facing land’
Old French contree ‘country’
Middle English contre ‘a region’
English country
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / alt-country