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Stage 1 of 2
nostos
Greek · ancient
"a homecoming"
a homecoming, combined with algos (pain) for the pain of homesickness
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Stage 2 of 2
nostalgia
English · 1770s
"severe homesickness"
coined by a Swiss doctor for severe homesickness, later broadened to wistful longing
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