Where does “nostalgia” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nostalgia”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	νόστος	the act of reaching a place: journey, arrival;...
2	Ancient Greek	-τος	Creates perfective passive verbal adjectives;...
3	Proto-Indo-European	-tós	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “nostalgia”

nostalgia
nostalgic
nostalgically
nostalgist
nostalgize
Yugo-nostalgia
nostalgia
nostalgia
nostalgico
nostalgicamente
nostalgie
nostalgia
nostalgikko
nostalgia
nostalgisk
nostalgi
νοσταλγία
nostalgisk
nostalgi
nostalgiker
nostalgi
nostalgisk
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