Where does “microrobot” come from?

microrobot (English) comes from English robot, from German Robot, from Czech robot, from Czech robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic orbòta, from Proto-Slavic orbъ, from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

microrobot (English): A very small robot capable of operating at the...

Definitions

  1. A very small robot capable of operating at the...

Ancestry of “microrobot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrobotA machine built to carry out some complex task or...
2GermanRobotsocage
3Czechrobotrobot in humanoid form
4Czechrobotaserfdom, villeinage; corvee; any arduous work;...
5Old Czechrobotaservitude, enslavement
6Proto-Slavicorbòtawork
7Proto-Slavicorbъservant, slave
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ-