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googling for "origin of word robot" says that it's from "robota" which means (allegetly) forced labour in Czech which agrees with the article which says the sam
by rtsdhsdfg 6y ago
googling for "origin of word robot" says that it's from "robota" which means (allegetly) forced labour in Czech which agrees with the article which says the same: "forced labor, as done by serfs".
That is also closer to the meaning than just "labour" or "work" in my own eastern europen language.
- robotuprising 6y agogoogling "Czech word for forced labour" says: "nucené práce" googling "Czech word for slave work" says: "šetřit práci"
- confidantlake 6y agoRobota is originally a specific type of forced labor. Think of the word "draft" in english. It is forced labor for the army.
- Viliam1234 6y agoyou probably made a typo because "šetřit" means "save". also it's not slave work, but serf work.