myEtymology.com: English etymology of poetess

Etymology of the English word poetess

the English word poetess

using the English suffix -ess

derived from the French suffix -esse

derived from the Latin suffix -issa

derived from the English word poet

derived from the Old French word poete

derived from the Latin word poeta (poet)

derived from the Greek word poietes, ποιητής (a performer; specially, a 'poet'; --doer, poet)

derived from the Greek word poiein, ποιεῖν

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷei-

derived from the Late Greek word poieo, ποιέω (to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct))