'aponeurology' originates from Greek-derived elements, specifically from 'aponeurosis' (from Greek 'aponeûrosis') combined with the suffix '-logy' (from Greek 'logia'), where 'apo-' meant 'away/from' and 'neûron' meant 'sinew/tendon', and '-logy' meant 'study'.

'aponeurology' is a modern English formation created by combining the noun 'aponeurosis' and the study-forming suffix '-logy' (via New Latin/Modern English formation), producing the compound meaning 'the study of aponeuroses'.

Initially the Greek root referred to a 'tendon-like expansion'; over time, combining that root with '-logy' produced a technical English term whose meaning is the specialized study of those structures.