Where does “sarcastic” come from?

sarcastic (English) comes from English sarcasm, from French sarcasme, from Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

sarcastic (English): Containing sarcasm; Having the personality trait...

Definitions

  1. Containing sarcasm; Having the personality trait...

Ancestry of “sarcastic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsarcasmUse of acerbic language to mock or convey...
2Frenchsarcasmesarcasm
3Latinsarcasmussarcasm
4Ancient Greekσαρκασμόςbitter irony; sarcasm
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “sarcastic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός →