Where does “telerobot” come from?

telerobot (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;...

telerobot (English): A robot that can be controlled remotely; a...

Definitions

  1. A robot that can be controlled remotely; a...

Ancestry of “telerobot”, step by step

telerobot 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 tele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteleAlternative form of telly
2Englishtele-over a distance; television; telegraph
3Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷelh₁-to move; to turn, go round; turn, become
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos →Every word from Proto-Slavic orbъ →