Talk:-poiesis

RFD discussion: May 2023–April 2024

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-poiesis

Not convinced it's a suffix. Forms ending in -poiesis can be analysed as compounds of poiesis. PUC – 09:01, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Delete. This is just as little a suffix as synthesis in amorphosynthesis, autosynthesis, baryosynthesis, biosynthesis, chemosynthesis, cosynthesis, ecosynthesis, electrosynthesis, glycosynthesis, heterosynthesis, hyposynthesis, ketosynthase, liposynthesis, mechanosynthesis, narcosynthesis, neosynthesis, nucleosynthesis, oligosynthesis, osteosynthesis, photosynthesis, phytosynthesis, proteosynthesis, psychosynthesis, pyrosynthesis, radiosynthesis, retrobiosynthesis, retrosynthesis, thermosynthesis and tomosynthesis.  --Lambiam 16:37, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Keep. This is somewhat similar to -phobia, -genesis or -lysis, most of which are treated as suffixes despite the existence of a corresponding common noun with the same meaning. The noun poiesis is rarely used independently, and according to OED2, its first attestation is from 1934, compared to 1900 for hemopoiesis and 1918 for lymphopoiesis, which suggests that a derivation from poiesis in these terms is unlikely. Also, Collins, M-W, Dictionary.com and OED2 all contain -poiesis as a combining form. Einstein2 (talk) 21:06, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Keep per above. Ioaxxere (talk) 21:55, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Kept. bd2412 T 03:57, 15 April 2024 (UTC)