Robot Definition
Other Word Forms of Robot
Noun
Origin of Robot
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From Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude"). Coined in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel ÄŒapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef , and taken into the English translation without change.
From Wiktionary
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Czech from robota drudgery orbh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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