Etymology

nostophobia

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Today it means: A fear of, or aversion to, returning 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 todaynostophobia

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνόστος all →

nostalgianostomanianostos

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