The term hermeneutics is drawn from

The term hermeneutics is drawn from theology, where it first meant the interpretation of sacred and scriptural texts.

Its original use was the systematic interpretation of religious writings before it widened to texts in general.

Sociology is the study of society and did not give rise to the term.

Anthropology studies human beings and cultures but is not the source of hermeneutics.

Economics deals with production and distribution of resources and is unrelated to the term's origin.

In modern philosophy hermeneutics was developed as a general theory of interpretation by thinkers such as Gadamer.