Where does “sarcasme” come from?

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

sarcasme (French): sarcasm

Definitions

  1. sarcasm

Ancestry of “sarcasme”, step by step

sarcasme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sarcasmus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsarcasmussarcasm
2Ancient Greekσαρκασμόςbitter irony; sarcasm
3Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

via Late Latin sarcasmus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinsarcasmussarcasm

Words derived from “sarcasme”

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