sarcastic

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. Englishsarcasm
9. Late Latinsarcasmu
10. Frenchsarcasme
11. Frenchsarcastique
12. English todaysarcastic

Either from sarcasm + -astic or from French sarcastique, from French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”).

Words from the same roots