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The word sociology (or sociologie) is derived from the Latin: socius, companion; and-ology, the study of, resulting in the study of companionship. This should not be construed as the study of prostitution, although many Sociologists have accidentally crossed that boundary, some of which are detailed later.
Auguste Comte, Father of Sociology. Figure 1: Auguste Comte, Father of Sociology. The term sociology was coined by French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798â1857), in 1838 from the Latin termsocius (companion, associate) and the Greek term logia (study of, speech). Comte is known as the âFather of Sociology. He first publicly used the term in his work Positive Philosophy (1896, orig.