Robot
Robot
Posted Jun 19, 2020 13:34 UTC (Fri) by jafd (subscriber, #129642)In reply to: Robot by epa
Parent article: Loaded terms in free software
> the word robot, which directly derived from a word meaning slave.
It’s directly derived from “hard work” (n), but yeah fine whatevs gonna work for your pet narrative
Posted Jun 20, 2020 19:24 UTC (Sat)
by epa (subscriber, #39769)
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Robot
OK I checked it a bit more carefully. It comes from Czech robotnik, which means a forced worker, not precisely a slave. The roots of that word come from the verb to work, as you note.