English

alt-girl

From alt- + girl.

Formed from alt- + girl

Latin alternātus ‘alternated, vacillated’

Latin alternātīvus ‘alternating’

Middle French alternatif

English alternative

English alt-

Middle English gerle ‘young person’

English girl

Today it means

noun A subculturally alternative girl.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / alt-girl