homesickness

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Germanic: from home + sickness (from sick + -ness)

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Wikipedia homesickness (plural homesicknesses)

  1. The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.

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