Where does “ノスタルジア” come from?
ノスタルジア (Japanese) comes from English nostalgia, from New Latin nostalgia, from Ancient Greek νόστος, from Ancient Greek -τος, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
ノスタルジア (Japanese): nostalgia (longing for one's hometown from afar; longing for the past)
Definitions
- nostalgia (longing for one's hometown from afar; longing for the past)
Ancestry of “ノスタルジア”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nostalgia | A longing for home or familiar surroundings;... |
| 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 |