Where does “sarcasmus” come from?

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

sarcasmus (Late Latin): sarcasm

Definitions

  1. sarcasm

Ancestry of “sarcasmus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sarcasmus”

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