Tuesday 20 November 2012

ontology=أنطولوجيا

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ontology (?) =أنطولوجيا

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
ontology (n.)
"metaphysical science or study of being," 1660s (Gideon Harvey), from Mod.L. ontologia (c.1600), from onto- + -logy.

onto-
word-forming element meaning "a being, individual; being, existence," from Gk. onto-, from stem of on (gen. ontos) "being," neuter prp. of einai "to be" (see essence).
logy
word-forming element meaning "a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science," from Gk. -logia (often via Fr. -logie or M.L. -logia), from root of legein "to speak;" thus, "the character or deportment of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject);" see lecture (n.).






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