| 1 | English | -poiesis | production, creation or formation |
| 2 | English | poiesis | An act or process of creation |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ποίησις | poetry, poem; a creation, fabrication, production |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |