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In Czech, "robotnik" meant "serfs" and "robota" was the work that the serf was forced to do. Of course, nowadays, "robota" took the meaning of "a job" but that
by BossingAround 3y ago
In Czech, "robotnik" meant "serfs" and "robota" was the work that the serf was forced to do. Of course, nowadays, "robota" took the meaning of "a job" but that is not relevant to the etymology of the words.
- wastewastewaste 3y agoWe don't know when the word took on a new meaning though, serfdom in Austria Hungary was abolished 70 years before "robot" was first used