nostalgic

Variant of nostalgia

nostalgia definition

nos·tal·gia (nä stal′jə, nô-)

noun

  1. a longing to go back to one's home, home town, or homeland; homesickness
  2. a longing for something far away or long ago or for former happy circumstances

Etymology: ModL: coined (1688) as a medical term by J. Hofer, Swiss scholar, to transl. Ger heimweh, homesickness < Gr nostos, a return (akin to neomai, I return: see Nestor) + -algia

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