Where does “sarkasma” come from?

sarkasma (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto sarkasmo, from Spanish sarcasmo, from Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

sarkasma (Esperanto): sarcastic

Definitions

  1. sarcastic

Ancestry of “sarkasma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosarkasmoa sarcastic remark or joke, an act of sarcasm
2Spanishsarcasmosarcasm; snark
3Late Latinsarcasmussarcasm
4Ancient Greekσαρκασμόςbitter irony; sarcasm
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from Ancient Greek -μόςEvery word from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός
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