Where does “nostalgic” come from?
nostalgic (Romanian) comes from French nostalgique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.
nostalgic (Romanian): nostalgic
Ancestry of “nostalgic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | nostalgique | nostalgic |
| 2 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ique | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | — |