poet

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromποιητής“creator, maker, author, poet”
2. Latin · derived frompoēta“poet, author”
3. Old French · derived frompoete
4. Middle English · inherited frompoete
5. English todaypoet

From Middle English poete, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta (“poet, author”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, compose”). Displaced native Old English sċop and lēoþwyrhta (literally, "leedwright" or "poem-writer"). Doublet of piyyut.

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