-bot

suffix

automatic system, computer program or machine

OriginEnglish bot ← Czech robot ← Old Czech robota →
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Meanings

suffix-bot (noun-forming suffix, plural -bots)

plural -bots

  1. automatic system, computer program or machine

    Volt'bot: 'WE HAVE PREPARED YOU, STRIPPED YOU OF YOUR WEAK STEAMBOT SHELL. YOU ARE ALREADY MORE PART OF US THAN YOU ARE YOURSELF. *BZZT* WE WILL BE INVINCIBLE! THE VOLTBOT WILL RISE AND RULE.

    2013 August 7, Image & Form, SteamWorld Dig, level/area: Vectron

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
robo-

Origin

  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-bot

From bot, a clipping of robot.

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Cite this entry
APA

-bot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-bot

MLA

“-bot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-bot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-bot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-bot.

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