Where does “Hellenism” come from?

Hellenism (English) comes from French hellénisme, from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνισμός, from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην, from Ancient Greek Ἑλλοί, from Ancient Greek ἕλλα, from Proto-Hellenic *héllā.

Hellenism (English): Any of the characteristics of ancient Greek...

Definitions

Any of the characteristics of ancient Greek...

Ancestry of “Hellenism”, step by step

Hellenism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French hellénisme

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	hellénisme	Hellenism
2	Ancient Greek	Ἑλληνισμός	imitation of the Greeks
3	Ancient Greek	Ἕλλην	Greek, one who is from Greece or speaks Greek;...
4	Ancient Greek	Ἑλλοί	The Greeks in Dodona
5	Ancient Greek	ἕλλα	seat
6	Proto-Hellenic	*héllā	—

via Latin hellenismus

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	hellenismus	—

Words derived from “Hellenism”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *héllā →Every word from Ancient Greek ἕλλα →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἑλλοί →