Where does “nostalgia” come from?

nostalgia (Spanish) 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 (Spanish): nostalgia

Definitions

  1. nostalgia

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
nostalgia — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer