myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of poesia

Etymology of the Italian word poesia

the Italian word poesia

derived from the Latin word poesis (poetry; poem)

derived from the Greek word poiesis, ποίησις (action; performance (of the law))

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

derived from the Greek word poiein, ποιεῖν

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

Dutch poezie, English poetry, French poésie, French poèsie, German Poesie, Latin poesia, Lithuanian poezija, Norwegian poesi, Polish poezja, Russian пoэзия, Swedish poesi