poesy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromποίησις
2. Late Latin · derived frompoesia
3. Middle French · derived frompoesie
4. Middle English · inherited frompoesie
5. English todaypoesy

From Middle English poesie (Middle English po(esie) + -esy), from Middle French poesie, from Late Latin poesia, from earlier poēsis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis). Doublet of poiesis.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 14th c. A poem.
• from 14th c. The class of literature comprising poems.