Etymology

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Latin scomma ← Ancient Greek σκῶμμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκῶμμα“jest, gibe”
  2. Latin · derived fromscomma“a taunt, jeer, scoff”
  3. English todayscomm

Latin scomma (“a taunt, jeer, scoff”), from Ancient Greek σκῶμμα (skômma, “jest, gibe”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.