The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσαρκόω
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσάρκωμα
- Latin · borrowed fromsarcoma
- English todaysarcoma
From Latin sarcoma, from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx); by surface analysis, sarc- + -oma.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσάρκωμα all →
Abernethy's sarcoma
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.