Wordie: Nostalgia: Comments

Comment by qroqqa, 2 months ago

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:27:39 +0000

Kundera 1, Draper 0. Greek nostos "return, homeward journey", related to nosteô "go home, come home", and ne-, nei- "go, come" (with regular omission of medial /s/). First used in English (1756) as a translation of German Heimweh; the English 'homesickness' was also first used in this translation.

Comment by leforet, 2 months ago

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:01:36 +0000

“In Greek ‘nostalgia’ literally means ‘the pain from an old wound.’ It’s a twing in your heart far more powerful than memory alone”
— Don Draper

Comment by SonofGroucho, about 1 year ago

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:39:30 +0000

Ain't what it used to be.

Comment by peacoat, about 1 year ago

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:49:18 +0000

From the Greek nostos meaning return, and algos meaning suffering. "The suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return." --Milan Kundera, Ignorance