Etymograph

English

homoform

From homo- + form.

Formed from homo- + form

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’

Proto-Hellenic *homós

Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’

English homo-

Latin fōrma ‘shape’

Old French forme ‘shape’

Middle English forme ‘shape’

English form

Today it means

noun One of two or more etymologically and semantically unrelated words with the same orthographical form (spelling), or phonetic form (pronunciation); a homonym, homograph, or homophone.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / homoform