"ostalgia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ostalgias [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English -algia English ostalgia From osteo- + -algia. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|osteo-|-algia|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English -algia English ostalgia [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bone", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₃ésth₁", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ὀστέον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "osteo-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-algia", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ostalgia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ostalgia"> From osteo- + -algia., {{ety|en|:af|osteo-|-algia|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg-der.? Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -αλγία (-algía)lbor. New Latin -algialbor. English -algia English ostalgia From osteo- + -algia. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} ostalgia (usually uncountable, plural ostalgias)
  1. (pathology) Synonym of ostealgia. Wikidata QID: Q3480107 Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: ostealgia [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-ostalgia-en-noun-en:Q3480107 Categories (other): Pathology, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with osteo-, English terms suffixed with -algia, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with French translations, Pain Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pain: 56 44 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from German Ostalgie, a play on Ost (“east”) + Nostalgie (“nostalgia”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Ostalgie}} German Ostalgie, {{blend|de|Ost|Nostalgie|gloss1=east|gloss2=nostalgia|nocat=1|notext=1}} Ost (“east”) + Nostalgie (“nostalgia”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ostalgia (uncountable)
  1. German nostalgia for the era of East Germany. Wikidata QID: Q155813 Tags: uncountable Translations (Translations): ostalgie [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-ostalgia-en-noun-en:Q155813 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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