In Ancient Greek the verb "poiéin" (to do) had a more precise meaning: molding clay.
Poiéin is the creative action of God who create the mankind from the mud. Poiéin is the act of giving a shape to the formless matter.
Poiéin is the root for pòiesis, that origins "poetry", "poem" etc. that are artifacts of a creative activity.
The Latin word ars is the translation of the Greek techné: art, technique (and technology) have the same basic meaning, dealing with the production of things.
Chinese words # 2:
to do = 做 (zuò)
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