sarcasm

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*twerḱ-
2. Proto-Indo-European*túrḱs /*twérḱs
3. Proto-Hellenic*súrks /*swə́rks
4. Ancient Greekσᾰ́ρξ (sắrx)
5. Ancient Greekσᾰρκᾰ́ζω (sărkắzō)
6. Ancient Greekσαρκασμός (sarkasmós)
7. Late Latinsarcasmus
8. English todaysarcasm

From Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “a sneer”), from σαρκάζω (sarkázō, “to gnash the teeth (in anger)”, literally “to strip off the flesh”), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).

Words from the same roots