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

  1. poetry

Ancestry of “поезија”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPoesiepoetry; poem; poetic mood
2Frenchpoésiepoetry
3Middle Frenchpoésiepoetry
4Old Frenchpoesie
5Latinpoēsispoetry
6Ancient Greekποίησιςpoetry, poem; a creation, fabrication, production
7Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
8Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
9Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tisEvery word from Ancient Greek -σῐςEvery word from Ancient Greek ποίησις