Where does “nostalgie” come from?

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

nostalgie (Dutch): nostalgia

Definitions

  1. nostalgia

Ancestry of “nostalgie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnostalgienostalgia
2New Latinnostalgia
3Ancient Greekνόστοςthe act of reaching a place: journey, arrival;...
4Ancient Greek-τοςCreates perfective passive verbal adjectives;...
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “nostalgie

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós