Where does “نوستالجيا” come from?
نوستالجيا (Arabic) comes from English nostalgia, from New Latin nostalgia, from Ancient Greek νόστος, from Ancient Greek -τος, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
نوستالجيا (Arabic): nostalgia
Definitions
- nostalgia
Ancestry of “نوستالجيا”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nostalgia | A longing for home or familiar surroundings;... |
| 2 | New Latin | nostalgia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νόστος | the act of reaching a place: journey, arrival;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τος | Creates perfective passive verbal adjectives;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |