Where does “sarcastic” come from?

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

sarcastic (Romanian): sarcastic; sarcastically

Definitions

  1. sarcastic; sarcastically

Ancestry of “sarcastic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsarcastiquesarcastic
2Frenchsarcasmesarcasm
3Latinsarcasmussarcasm
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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