Where does “sarcastico” come from?

sarcastico (Italian) comes from Italian 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.

sarcastico (Italian): sarcastic

Definitions

  1. sarcastic

Ancestry of “sarcastico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansarcasmosarcasm; sarcastic phrase, comment, etc
2Late Latinsarcasmussarcasm
3Ancient Greekσαρκασμόςbitter irony; sarcasm
4Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “sarcastico

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from Ancient Greek -μόςEvery word from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός
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