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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "vergangenheit" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "vergangenheit" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Can/is vergangenheit also used to refer to the past, as in ‘history’?
EG “sie kann auf eine bewegte Vergangenheit zurückblicken”
[from langenscheidt]
Hmmm, tricky. Sometimes it works, but it really depends on the context and what your focus is.
If you mean “history” as someone’s life in general, then I’d prefer other options, but in the example you gave, it kind of works.