English
poetic
Poetic comes from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός ‘fitted for a poet, poetical’, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō ‘to make’.
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷoiwéyō‘to make’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEποιέωpoiéō‘make’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEποιητικόςpoiētikós‘fitted for a poet, poetical’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpoeticus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600poetique
- Englishearliest quotation 2013poetic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷoiwéyō‘to make’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEποιέωpoiéō‘make’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEποιητικόςpoiētikós‘fitted for a poet, poetical’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpoeticus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600poetique
- Englishearliest quotation 2013poetic
Earliest quotation: 2013, -August, Ode to Prime Numbers: “Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ‘to pile, stow, gather’
pain, penalty, punishment, pine, punish, penal, titanium, punitive, impunity, whey, subpoena, 22 more
through Ancient Greek ποιέω ‘make’
Today it means
adj Relating to poetry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō / poetic