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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.
The noun ORIGIN has 5 senses: 1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being. 2. properties attributable to your ancestry. 3. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events. 4. the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero. 5. the descendants of one individual. Familiarity information: ORIGIN used as a noun is common.