English
althistory
Analysable as alt- + history.
Latin alternātus ‘alternated, vacillated’
Latin alternātīvus ‘alternating’
Middle French alternatif
English alternative
English alt-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
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Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ ‘inquiry, learning through research’
Latin historia
Old French estoire ‘chronicle, history, story’
Middle English historie ‘a narrative, chronicle’
English history
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / althistory