Etymograph

English

alt-left

From alt- + left, by analogy with alt-right.

Formed from alt- + left

Latin alternātus ‘alternated, vacillated’

Latin alternātīvus ‘alternating’

Middle French alternatif

English alternative

English alt-

Proto-Germanic *luft-

Old English left ‘weak, clumsy, foolish’

Middle English left

English left

Today it means

noun A political movement whose supporters hold extreme left-wing views and reject mainstream politics. It's a purported political faction espousing an extreme leftist ideology, or one espousing liberal ideology but using extreme, antiestablishment messaging.

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

Etymograph / alt-left