Etymology

nanorobot

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Today it means: A nanoscale robot. Full definition →

English robot ← Czech robot ← Old Czech robota
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Old Czechrobota
  5. Czechrobota
  6. Czechrobot
  7. Englishrobot
  8. English todaynanorobot

From nano- + robot.

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