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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.
NPTEL â Humanities and Social Sciences â Introduction to Sociology. Joint initiative of IITs and IISc â Funded by MHRD Page 1 of 7. Lecture 1: Origin of Sociology as a Discipline. Sociology is the study of human social life. Because human social life is so expansive, sociology has many sub-sections of study, ranging from the analysis of conversations. to the development of theories to try to understand how the entire world works.