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Where does “haemopoiesis” come from?

haemopoiesis (English) comes from English -poiesis, from English poiesis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “haemopoiesis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-poiesisproduction, creation or formation
2EnglishpoiesisAn act or process of creation
3Ancient Greekποίησιςpoetry, poem; a creation, fabrication, production
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
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