Where does “nostalgia” come from?

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

nostalgia (Italian): nostalgia, homesickness, longing

Definitions

  1. nostalgia, homesickness, longing

Ancestry of “nostalgia”, 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

Words derived from “nostalgia

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós