nostalgia
/nɔˈstæɫdʒə/
a sentimental longing for the past
nostalgia in a sentence
“Looking at old photos filled him with nostalgia.”
Origin of nostalgia
Greek nostos homecoming + algos pain, ache (coined as a medical term in 1688 for homesickness)
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