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Where does “poeticus” come from?

poeticus (Latin) comes 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.

poeticus (Latin): poetic

Definitions

  1. poetic

Ancestry of “poeticus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “poeticus”

  • poetic
  • poetically
  • unpoetic
  • mythopoetic
  • ethnopoetic
  • theopoetic
  • poeticism
  • unpoetically
  • poeticize
  • nonpoetic
  • antipoetic
  • poeticization
  • mythopoetically
  • poeticise
  • ecopoetic
  • poeticness
  • sociopoetic
  • wax poetic
  • mythopoeticize
  • poético
  • poéticamente
  • antipoetico
  • impoetico
  • poetico
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