Where does “cobot” come from?
cobot (English) comes from English collaborative, from English collaborate, from English collaborator, from French collaborateur, from French collaborer, from Latin collaboratio, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
cobot (English): A robot intended to interact physically with...
Definitions
- A robot intended to interact physically with...
Ancestry of “cobot”, step by step
cobot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English collaborative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | collaborative | Of, relating to, or done by collaboration; An... |
| 2 | English | collaborate | To work together with others to achieve a common... |
| 3 | English | collaborator | A person who works with others towards a common... |
| 4 | French | collaborateur | collaborator; One who collaborates or has... |
| 5 | French | collaborer | to collaborate |
| 6 | Latin | collaboratio | — |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English robot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | robot | A machine built to carry out some complex task or... |
| 2 | German | Robot | socage |
| 3 | Czech | robot | robot in humanoid form |
| 4 | Czech | robota | serfdom, villeinage; corvee; any arduous work;... |
| 5 | Old Czech | robota | servitude, enslavement |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | orbòta | work |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | orbъ | servant, slave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |