Etymology

-poiesis

Today it means: production, creation or formation Full definition →

Ancient Greek ποίησις
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromποίησις
  2. English today-poiesis

Suffixed form of poiesis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”).

Words from the same roots

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