Where does “nostàlgia” come from?

nostàlgia (Catalan) comes from New Latin nostalgia, from Ancient Greek νόστος, from Ancient Greek -τος, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

nostàlgia (Catalan): nostalgia

Definitions

  1. nostalgia

Ancestry of “nostàlgia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinnostalgia
2Ancient Greekνόστοςthe act of reaching a place: journey, arrival;...
3Ancient Greek-τοςCreates perfective passive verbal adjectives;...
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós