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
- nostalgia, homesickness; nostalgia
Ancestry of “νοσταλγία”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | nostalgie | nostalgia |
| 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 |