Where does “poiesis” come from?

Poiesis comes from Ancient Greek ποίησις, formed from the suffix -σις added to a root related to -τις, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European -tis, a productive suffix forming abstract nouns from verbal roots.

poiesis (English): An act or process of creation

Definitions

  1. An act or process of creation

Ancestry of “poiesis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekποίησιςpoetry, poem; a creation, fabrication, production
2Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
3Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “poiesis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek ποίησις →