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Poetry comes from Middle English poetrye, from Old French pöeterie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from Latin poēta, from Greek ποιητής ‘poet’.

1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEποιητής¹poiētḗs‘poet; maker’
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpoēta¹‘poet’
3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500poētria¹
4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pöeterie¹
5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500poetrye¹
6. Englishearliest quotation 2004poetry¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English poetry
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?: “More people write poetry than read it.”.