Where does “snarkasm” come from?
snarkasm (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.
snarkasm (English): sarcasm
Definitions
- sarcasm
Ancestry of “snarkasm”, step by step
snarkasm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sarcasm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sarcasm | Use of acerbic language to mock or convey... |
| 2 | French | sarcasme | sarcasm |
| 3 | Latin | sarcasmus | sarcasm |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σαρκασμός | bitter irony; sarcasm |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |
via English Snark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Snark | A fictional animal in Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark |
| 2 | English | snail | Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell |
| 3 | Middle English | snayl | A snail or slug; a gastropod |
| 4 | Old English | sneġel | a snail or slug, a gastropod |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | snagilaz | snail |