Etymology

robotization

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Today it means: The automation of a system or process by use of robotic devices. Full definition →

First used 20th c.English robot ← 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. Englishrobot
  11. English todayrobotization

From robot + -ization.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. The automation of a system or process by use of robotic devices.

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