Etymology

biorobot

B3I1O1R1O1B3O1T1

Today it means: A biological organism that has been created and designed by artificial means. Full definition →

English robot ← Czech robot ← Old Czech robota
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃erbʰ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃órbʰos
  7. Proto-Balto-Slavic*árbas
  8. Proto-Slavic*orbъ
  9. Proto-Slavic*orbiti
  10. Proto-Slavic*orbota
  11. Old Czechrobota
  12. Czechrobota
  13. Czechrobot
  14. Englishrobot
  15. English todaybiorobot

From bio- + robot.

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