Where does “poétique” come from?

poétique (French) comes from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

poétique (French): poetic, poetical

Definitions

  1. poetic, poetical

Ancestry of “poétique”, step by step

poétique traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin poeticus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpoeticuspoetic
2Ancient Greekποιητικόςcreator; making, producing
3Ancient Greek-τικόςrelating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,...
4Ancient Greek-σιςAdded to verb stems to form abstract nouns or...
5Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via Latin poētica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpoētica—

Words derived from “poétique”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -τικός →Every word from Ancient Greek ποιητικός →