9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
adjective unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons
originEtymology tree English nostalgia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English nostalgic From nostalgia + -ic.
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