Definitions
Longing for the past or fond memory of earlier times.
Word origin
From New Latin nostalgia, coined by Johannes Hofer in 1688 from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “returning home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”), calquing German Heimweh. Ancient Greek *νοσταλγία (*nostalgía) is unattested. Transferred sense probably influenced by French nostalgie, especially in literature.
Used in a sentence
“Seeing food at camp similar to his mother's cooking sent a wave of nostalgia through him.”
“I have an idea that some men are born out of their due place. Accident has cast them amid certain surroundings, but they have always a nostalgia for a home they know not.”
“an alumnus' feelings of nostalgia for his/her years in high school”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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