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Where does “microrobotics” come from?

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

microrobotics (English): Very small-scale robotics

Definitions

  1. Very small-scale robotics

Ancestry of “microrobotics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishroboticsThe science and technology of robots, their...
2EnglishrobotA machine built to carry out some complex task or...
3GermanRobotsocage
4Czechrobotrobot
5Czechrobotaserfdom, villeinage; corvee; any arduous work;...
6Old Czechrobota—
7Proto-Slavicorbòta—
8Proto-Slavicorbъservant, slave
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
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