νοσταλγία
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From French nostalgie, from New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “journey”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). Ancient Greek *νοσταλγία (*nostalgía) is unattested.
Noun edit
νοσταλγία • (nostalgía) f (uncountable)
- nostalgia, homesickness
- nostalgia (bittersweet yearning for the things of the past)
Declension edit
νοσταλγία
| case \ number | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | νοσταλγία • | |
| genitive | νοσταλγίας • | |
| accusative | νοσταλγία • | |
| vocative | νοσταλγία • | |
| νοσταλγίες is a (possibly) ungrammatical plural | ||
Derived terms edit
- νοσταλγικός (nostalgikós, “nostalgic”)
- νοσταλγώ (nostalgó, “to be nostalgic”)
- νοσταλγός m or f (nostalgós, “person with nostalgia”)
References edit
- νοσταλγία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- “nostalgie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.