## Etymology
From German Terminologie, from Medieval Latin terminus ('term, expression') + Ancient Greek -logia ('study, discourse'), from logos ('word, account').

## AI Etymology
Terminology comes from German Terminologie, from Medieval Latin terminus ('term, expression') + Ancient Greek -logia ('study, discourse'), from logos ('word, account'). The historical chain includes Latin terminus and Ancient Greek -λογία. The quoted older senses, "term, expression", "study, discourse", and "word, account", supply the semantic anchors for terminology. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word terminology carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the specialized vocabulary of a particular field". English derivatives include terminological and terminologist; related English forms include term, terminal, and terminus. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

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