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