Where does “поезија” come from?
поезија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Poesie, from French poésie, from Middle French poésie, from Old French poesie, from Latin poēsis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
поезија (Serbo-Croatian): poetry
Definitions
- poetry
Ancestry of “поезија”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Poesie | poetry; poem; poetic mood |
| 2 | French | poésie | poetry |
| 3 | Middle French | poésie | poetry |
| 4 | Old French | poesie | — |
| 5 | Latin | poēsis | poetry |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ποίησις | poetry, poem; a creation, fabrication, production |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |