Where does “sarcasmo” come from?

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

sarcasmo (Italian): sarcasm; sarcastic phrase, comment, etc

Definitions

  1. sarcasm; sarcastic phrase, comment, etc

Ancestry of “sarcasmo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sarcasmo”

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