nostalgia English · revision 3

+ ==Etymology==

+ Recorded in English in 1726,^(Etymonline) [[bor|la-new|nostalgia]],^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) coined in 1688 by Johannes Hofer in a dissertation at the University of Basel^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) as a rendering of [[de|Heimweh|t=homesickness]].^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) It is formed [[af|grc|νόστος|ἄλγος|tr1=nóstos|t1=return home|tr2=álgos|t2=pain]].^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) Greek ''nóstos'' is related to ''neomai'' “to return, get home”, and, according to Watkins, [[der|ine-pro|*nes-|t=to return safely home]].^(Etymonline)

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+ The word originally named a severe homesickness considered as a disease, said to be peculiar to the Swiss and often fatal.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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