Where does “robosexuality” come from?
robosexuality (English) comes from English robosexual, from English robo-, from English robot, from German Robot, from Czech robot, from Czech robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic orbòta — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
robosexuality (English): Sexual attraction to robots
Definitions
- Sexual attraction to robots
Ancestry of “robosexuality”, step by step
robosexuality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English robosexual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | robosexual | Sexually attracted to robots; A person who is... |
| 2 | English | robo- | robot, robotic |
| 3 | English | robot | A machine built to carry out some complex task or... |
| 4 | German | Robot | socage |
| 5 | Czech | robot | robot in humanoid form |
| 6 | Czech | robota | serfdom, villeinage; corvee; any arduous work;... |
| 7 | Old Czech | robota | servitude, enslavement |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | orbòta | work |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | orbъ | servant, slave |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |