anemoia n. nostalgia for a time you’ve never known

constructed from Ancient Greek ánemos (wind) + nóos (mind)

referencing anemosis, the warping of a tree by high wind, “until it seems to bend backward”

Imagine stepping through the frame into a sepia-tinted haze, where you could sit on the side of the road and watch the locals passing by. Who lived and died before any of us arrived here, who sleep in some of the same houses we do, who look up at the same moon, who breathe the same air, feel the same blood in their veins—and live in a completely different world.
— John Koenig

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows