Etymology

maladie du pays

Today it means: Homesickness. Full definition →

First used 18th c.French maladie du pays
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The story

  1. French · derived frommaladie du pays“homesickness”
  2. English todaymaladie du pays

From French maladie du pays (“homesickness”).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. Homesickness.

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