Etymology

poetic

po·et·ic
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Today it means: Relating to poetry. Full definition →

Middle French poetique ← Latin poeticus ← Ancient Greek ποιητικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromποιητικός
  2. Latin · derived frompoeticus
  3. Middle French · derived frompoetique
  4. English todaypoetic

From Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós) from ποιέω (poiéō, “make”). Displaced native Old English sċoplīċ and lēoþlīċ. Doublet of poietic.

Words from the same roots

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