Where does “νοσταλγία” come from?

νοσταλγία (Greek) 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.

νοσταλγία (Greek): nostalgia, homesickness; nostalgia

Definitions

  1. nostalgia, homesickness; nostalgia

Ancestry of “νοσταλγία”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Ancient Greek -τος →Every word from Ancient Greek νόστος →