fauxstalgia

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)gʷʰh₂el-
2. Proto-Italic*falsō?
3. Latinfallō
4. Latinfalsus
5. Old Frenchfals
6. Middle Frenchfaulx
7. Frenchfaux
8. Englishfaux
9. Proto-Indo-European*nes-
10. Proto-Hellenic*nóstos
11. Ancient Greekνόστος (nóstos)
12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂leg-der.?
13. Ancient Greekἄλγος (álgos)
14. GermanHeimweh
15. New Latinnostalgia
16. Englishnostalgia
17. English todayfauxstalgia

Blend of faux + nostalgia.