Where does “Homerism” come from?

Homerism (English) comes from English Homer, from Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος, from Ancient Greek ὁμοῦ, from Ancient Greek ὁμός, from Ancient Greek φύλον, from Ancient Greek φιλία, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμονία — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Homerism (English): A word or phrase characteristic of the writings...

Definitions

  1. A word or phrase characteristic of the writings...

Ancestry of “Homerism”, step by step

Homerism traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Homer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHomerAn ancient Greek epic poet of the 8th century, who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2LatinHomērusHomer, the Greek poet
3Ancient GreekὍμηροςHomer; hostage
4Ancient GreekὁμοῦAt the same place: together; Close at hand,...
5Ancient Greekὁμόςsame, common, joint
6Ancient Greekφύλονa set of people or other beings
7Ancient Greekφιλίαfriendship, love, affection, fondness;...
8Ancient GreekἉρμονίαHarmonia
9Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via English ism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishismAn ideology, system of thought, or practice that...
2English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

via French homérisme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhomérisme
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἁρμονία