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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by toynbee@piefed.social to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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I was just reading a book which said that "robot" came from a Czech word meaning "serf." I was curious whether that was true and so looked it up. Looks like it's not 100% accurate but pretty close.

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The whole region uses similar sounding terms for work and worker. So it's probably more that, than serf.

Etymological dictionary:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/robot

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 points 5 days ago

Ukrainian "robota" means "work", so yeah, it's a common root.