"structural unit of a muscle," 1891, from sarco-, Latinized combining form of Greek sarx "flesh" (see sarcasm) + -mere, from Greek meros "part," from PIE root *(s)mer- (2) "to get a share of something."
sarcastic
sarco-
sarcoid
sarcoidosis
sarcoma
sarcomere
sarcophagi
sarcophagus
sardine
Sardinia
sardonic