-bot

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bot"

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas

Proto-Slavic *orbъ

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei

Proto-Slavic *-iti

Proto-Slavic *orbiti

Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ota

Proto-Slavic *orbota

Old Czech robota

Czech robota

Czech robotbor.

English robot

English bot

English -bot

From bot, a clipping of robot.

-bot (noun-forming suffix, plural -bots)

automatic system, computer program or machine
- 2013 August 7, Image & Form, SteamWorld Dig, level/area: Vectron:
  Voltbot: 'WE HAVE PREPARED YOU, STRIPPED YOU OF YOUR WEAK STEAMBOT SHELL. YOU ARE ALREADY MORE PART OF US THAN YOU ARE YOURSELF. *BZZT* WE WILL BE INVINCIBLE! THE VOLTBOT WILL RISE AND RULE.'