nostalgia

Meaning

Noun

• A longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness.
• A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past.

Related

Opposite words

• nostopathy
• nostophobia

Origin

• From New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος ("returning home") + ἄλγος, translating . Ancient Greek is unattested. Transferred sense probably influenced by French nostalgie, especially in literature.
• Compare Italian nostalgia, Spanish nostalgia, Portuguese nostalgia and French nostalgie.