Where does “ἐποποιία” come from?

ἐποποιία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἔπος, from Ancient Greek ϝέπος, from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ἐποποιία (Ancient Greek): epic poetry or an epic poem

Definitions

epic poetry or an epic poem

Ancestry of “ἐποποιία”, step by step

ἐποποιία traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ἔπος

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	ἔπος	something spoken: speech, story, song; epic...
2	Ancient Greek	ϝέπος	—
3	Proto-Hellenic	wékʷos	word, speech
4	Proto-Indo-European	wékʷos	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	wekʷ-	to speak, to sound out

via Ancient Greek ποιέω

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	ποιέω	To make; To do; To pretend
2	Proto-Hellenic	*kʷoiwéyō	to make

Words derived from “ἐποποιία”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos →