Толковый словарь английского языка - topic

noun Etymology: Latin Topica Topics (work by Aristotle), from Greek Topika, from topika, neuter plural of topikos of a place, of a topos, from topos place, topos Date: circa 1569 1. one of the general forms of argument employed in probable reasoning, argument, reason, 2. a heading in an outlined argument or exposition, the subject of a discourse or of a section of a discourse