Nostalgia Definition
Reminiscence of the speaker's childhood or younger years.
Other Word Forms of Nostalgia
Noun
Origin of Nostalgia
From Late Latin nostalgia, from Ancient Greek * νοσταλγία (nostalgia), from νόστος (nostos, “a return home") + ἄλγος (algos, “pain, suffering"). Compare Italian nostalgia and French nostalgie.
From Wiktionary
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Greek nostos a return home nes-1 in Indo-European roots –algia
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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