Etymology

-bot

Today it means: automatic system, computer program or machine Full definition →

English bot ← Czech robot ← Old Czech robota
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃erbʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃órbʰos
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavic*árbas
  4. Proto-Slavic*orbъ
  5. Proto-Slavic*orbiti
  6. Proto-Slavic*orbota
  7. Old Czechrobota
  8. Czechrobota
  9. Czechrobot
  10. Englishrobotclip.
  11. Englishbot
  12. English today-bot

From bot, a clipping of robot.

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