It comes from "robota", the Czech word for slave or serf. It appeared in Karel Capek's play: "R.U.R." or "Rossum's Universal Robots" in 1921.
Coined by the Czech, Karel Capek, 'robota' meaning compulsory labour. Or 'robotnik', a peasant owing such labour
It doesn't stand for anything. The term "robot" was coined by Karel Čapek, a Czech writer, in his 1921 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots).
The word robot is from Czech. In Czech robot means "work".
Karel Čapek was a Czech playwright who coined the term "robot" in R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots). In the play, "robots" were an underclass of human beings, not mechanical machines.
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the word robot comes from Czech
Coined by the Czech, Karel Capek, 'robota' meaning compulsory labour. Or 'robotnik', a peasant owing such labour
Robot is derived from the Czech word "robota", work/labor/ serfdom/drudgery. It appeared in a play by Karel Capek.
Robot is the full form. It was coined in the 1920s from Czech robota which means, in essence, "monotonous work".
Robot is not a compound word.
It doesn't stand for anything. The term "robot" was coined by Karel Čapek, a Czech writer, in his 1921 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots).
The word Robot is derived from the Czech word Robo which means 'work'. The word was first coined by Karel Čapek for his 1920 play RUR. In its original Czech, robota means forced labour of the kind that serfs had to perform on their masters' lands, and is derived from rab, meaning "slave". see link
it was coined in 1382
Neologism
* Robot coined in his play RUR derived from the Czech word for compulsory labour. 1921 * Robotics coined by Isaac Asimov 1941 * Android first known usage by Jack Williamson in The Cometeers 1936, * cyberspace William Gibson's 1982 novel Neuromancer *
No, "robot" is not a long vowel word. The vowel 'o' in robot is pronounced as a short vowel sound.
The word robot is from Czech. In Czech robot means "work".