νόστος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- the act of reaching a place: journey, arrival
- the act of returning or going back
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *nes- (join with, conceal oneself, return home).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nes-
Gloss
join with, conceal oneself, return home
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nostalgia English
- nostomania English
- nostophobia English
- nostalgia Finnish
- nostalgia Latin
- Nostalgie German
- nosztalgia Hungarian
- nostalgia Italian
- nostalgie French
- nostalgia Spanish, Castilian
- νέομαι Ancient Greek
- ναίω Ancient Greek
- ναιετάω Ancient Greek
- νοστέω Ancient Greek
- νόστιμος Ancient Greek
- νόσφι Ancient Greek
- ἀπονέομαι Ancient Greek
- *nes- Proto-Indo-European
- nostalgi Norwegian Bokmål
- nostalgia Portuguese
- *ga- Proto-Germanic
- ノスタルジー Japanese
- nostalgi Norwegian Nynorsk
- nostalgi Danish
- nostalgie Czech
- nostàlgia Catalan, Valencian
- نوستالژی Persian
- νοσταλγία Greek (modern)
- νόστιμος Greek (modern)
- *nahwós Proto-Hellenic