Etymology

aimbot

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Today it means: A program or patch that allows the player to cheat by having the character's weapon aimed automatically. Full definition →

English bot ← Czech robot ← Old Czech robota
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The story

  1. Englishaim
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃erbʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃órbʰos
  4. Proto-Balto-Slavic*árbas
  5. Proto-Slavic*orbъ
  6. Proto-Slavic*orbiti
  7. Proto-Slavic*orbota
  8. Old Czechrobota
  9. Czechrobota
  10. Czechrobot
  11. Englishrobotclip.
  12. Englishbot
  13. English todayaimbot

From aim + bot.

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