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terminology

ter·mi·no·logy

UK/ˌtɜː.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ US/ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ uncommon

noun

1.

a system of words used in a particular discipline

  • “legal terminology”
  • “the language of sociology”

Origin

From French terminologie or German Terminologie and their source, New Latin terminologia, from Medieval Latin terminus (“a term”) + -ologia (“study of”), from -o- (“(interconsonantal)”) + -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).

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