 Dear students, in this module we are going to talk about the, the term, the etymology of the term society. The usage of the term society can be traced back to the mid-16th century. It actually came from the word société, it's a French word in the English literature. That was meant to be the companions, or the companionship or the association of a number of people. So, if we look at it a little bit, historically it evolved, its meaning has evolved from a simple city to a complexity. Like in the 18th century, the usage was to describe merely the upper class or the high society and then the like-minded people or the society of friends. But by the passage of time, the meanings became much more complicated, much more complex. Especially when it's specifically different disciplines can be used. It's a usage, for example, during the 18th century or the late 18th century when the term social physics was coined, the term society was not being used in that complex sense which is being used in the modern sociological literature. Like the, its general and abstract definition became much more firmly established in during the late 18th century. Merrily from companionship to the complexity, to much more complexity like including the groups or the number of people which could have the common culture. And then sociological meaning was firmly or specifically was developed during the 19th century, which later on was converted into much more complicated terminology itself. So keeping in view this historical trace and the complexity, when we come to the 20th century, the early discussion of the societies between the first world, second world and third world, we are currently viewing it in the different segments which are being devised or which are being associated with the economic positions as well as the prestige, the social prestige and the society's overall structure. So when we look at the first world societies, second world societies, third world societies, the wealth, economic well-being, economic prosperity in it is a huge part of it. In the next modules, we will discuss the complexities and characteristics of it. Now in the current discussion, you will see that the use of this term is very distinctively used in developed words or underdeveloped words, very frequently used. So later on we will find that how those distinctions become much more important for the sociological literature.