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BossingAround
on Jan 22, 2024
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The man who coined the word "robot" defends himsel...
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
on Jan 22, 2024
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We 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
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