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Where does “ποιέω” come from?

ποιέω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō.

ποιέω (Ancient Greek): To make; To do; To pretend

Definitions

  1. To make; To do; To pretend

Ancestry of “ποιέω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic*kʷoiwéyō—

Words derived from “ποιέω”

  • poetry
  • poet
  • poem
  • poetic
  • poetically
  • poesy
  • poetess
  • erythropoiesis
  • hematopoiesis
  • posy
  • onomatopoeia
  • autopoietic
  • poiesis
  • haematopoietic
  • onomatopoeic
  • unpoetic
  • mythopoetic
  • poetaster
  • epopee
  • poietic
  • haemopoiesis
  • haematopoiesis
  • lymphopoiesis
  • poetize
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