methodology=ميتودولجيا

methodology=ميتودولجيا

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY: methodology (n.)

1800, from Fr. méthodologie or directly from Mod.L. methodologia; see method + -ology.

method (n.)

early 15c., "regular, systematic treatment of disease," from L. methodus "way of teaching or going," from Gk. methodos "scientific inquiry, method of inquiry, investigation," originally "pursuit, a following after," from meta- "after" (see meta-) + hodos "a traveling, way" (see cede). Meaning "way of doing anything" is from 1580s; that of "orderliness, regularity" is from 1610s. In reference to a theory of acting associated with Russian director Konstantin Stanislavsky, it is attested from 1923.

-ology

word-forming element indicating "branch of knowledge, science," now the usual form of -logy. Originally used c.1800 in nonce formations (commonsensology, etc.), it gained legitimacy by influence of the proper formation in geology, mythology, etc., where the -o- is a stem vowel in the previous element.