Where does “nostalgia” come from?

nostalgia (Portuguese) 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 (Portuguese): nostalgia yearning for the past

Definitions

  1. nostalgia yearning for the past

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 →Every word from Ancient Greek -τος →Every word from Ancient Greek νόστος →