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Where does “poetico” come from?

poetico (Italian) 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.

poetico (Italian): poetic, poetical

Definitions

  1. poetic, poetical

Ancestry of “poetico”, step by step

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-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “poetico”

  • poeticizzare
  • antipoetico
  • poeticità
  • impoetico
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →