Etymology

nostomania

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Today it means: an overwhelming desire to return to familiar surroundings, or to one's home Full definition →

Ancient Greek νόστος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνόστος“a return home”
  2. English todaynostomania

From Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “a return home”) + -mania.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνόστος all →

nostalgianostophobianostos

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