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Where the Word 'Robot' Came From
history of words
Čapek later said that the term had been suggested by his brother Josef, who based it on the Czech word 'robota', meaning forced labour.
This vision of machines turning against humanity fascinated audiences, and as the play was staged abroad, the word spread with it.
The word 'robot' is now used all over the world, but it is only just over a hundred years old.
That origin suited the story, in which artificial workers are manufactured to do the jobs humans no longer want to do and eventually rebel against their makers.
It first appeared in R.U.R., a play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek that was published in 1920.