poetry

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1. Ancient Greek · derived fromποιητής“poet; author; maker”
2. Medieval Latin · derived frompoētria
3. Old French · derived frompöeterie
4. Middle English · inherited frompoetrye
5. English todaypoetry

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft.

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