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
Ancestry of “nostalgia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | New Latin | nostalgia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | νόστος | the act of reaching a place: journey, arrival;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τος | Creates perfective passive verbal adjectives;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |