Where does “nostalgi” come from?

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

nostalgi (Norwegian Nynorsk): nostalgia

Definitions

  1. nostalgia

Ancestry of “nostalgi”, 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 “nostalgi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Ancient Greek -τος →Every word from Ancient Greek νόστος →