Where does “telerobotics” come from?

telerobotics (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;...

telerobotics (English): The remote control of robotic systems

Definitions

  1. The remote control of robotic systems

Ancestry of “telerobotics”, step by step

telerobotics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English robotics

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishroboticsThe science and technology of robots, their...
2EnglishrobotA machine built to carry out some complex task or...
3GermanRobotsocage
4Czechrobotrobot in humanoid form
5Czechrobotaserfdom, villeinage; corvee; any arduous work;...
6Old Czechrobotaservitude, enslavement
7Proto-Slavicorbòtawork
8Proto-Slavicorbъservant, slave
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
10Proto-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-
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