Where does “xenobot” come from?
xenobot (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;...
xenobot (English): An artificial construct built from cells extracted from Xenopus embryos, and designed to move, consume, and build piles
Definitions
- An artificial construct built from cells extracted from Xenopus embryos, and designed to move, consume, and build piles
Ancestry of “xenobot”, step by step
xenobot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English robot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | robot | A machine built to carry out some complex task or... |
| 2 | German | Robot | socage |
| 3 | Czech | robot | robot in humanoid form |
| 4 | Czech | robota | serfdom, villeinage; corvee; any arduous work;... |
| 5 | Old Czech | robota | servitude, enslavement |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | orbòta | work |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | orbъ | servant, slave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |
via English Xenopus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Xenopus | — |