Before revision: The term is a neologism since the word " history " —from the Ancient Greek word ἱστορία, or more directly from its Latin derivate historia, meaning "knowledge obtained by inquiry"—Etimology of the word "history" is etymologically unrelated to the possessive pronoun his.Jane Mills, "Womanwords: a dictionary of words about women", 1992, , p. 118.
After revision: The term is a neologism created by feminists that don't like the prefix " his " —from the Ancient Greek word ἱστορία, or more directly from its Latin derivate historia, meaning "knowledge obtained by inquiry"—Etimology of the word "history" is etymologically unrelated to the possessive pronoun his.Jane Mills, "Womanwords: a dictionary of words about women", 1992, , p. 118.