Where does “robomb” come from?

robomb (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;...

robomb (English): A guided missile

Definitions

  1. A guided missile

Ancestry of “robomb”, step by step

robomb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English robot

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;...

via English bomb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbombAn explosive device used or intended as a weapon;...
2Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
3Italianbombabomb
4Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
5LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
6Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰosEvery word from Proto-Slavic orbъ