'poetize' originates from English, specifically formed from 'poet' + the verb-forming suffix '-ize', where 'poet' ultimately comes from Latin 'poeta' and Greek 'ποιητής (poietes)' meaning 'maker' or 'poet'.

'poetize' developed in Modern English from the noun 'poet' (Middle English from Old French 'poete', from Latin 'poeta', from Greek 'ποιητής'), combined with the suffix '-ize' (from Greek '-izein' via Old French/Latin), becoming the verb 'poetize' and later past form 'poetized'.

Initially the root meant 'maker' or 'one who composes' (Greek 'ποιητής'), and over time the compound verb came to mean 'to make or render poetic' rather than simply 'to compose a poet'.