Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Grim etymology: Robot comes from the Czech word robota (forced labor) from Old Church Slavonic rab’ (slave) which comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (orphan). — PolitiTweet.org
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Grim etymology: Robot comes from the Czech word robota (forced labor) from Old Church Slavonic rab’ (slave) which comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (orphan). — PolitiTweet.org