English
annoybot
Annoybot comes from Czech robota ‘serfdom, villeinage’, from Proto-Slavic *orbota ‘work’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- ‘to change allegiance, status, ownership’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃erbʰ-‘to change allegiance, status, ownership’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃órbʰos‘servant, slave, worker’reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*árbas‘servant, slave’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*orbъ‘servant, slave’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*orbiti‘to do, to work’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*orbota‘work’reconstructed
- Old Czechmodernrobota
- Czechmodernsame form‘serfdom, villeinage’
- Czech, derivedmodernrobot
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayannoybot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃erbʰ-‘to change allegiance, status, ownership’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃órbʰos‘servant, slave, worker’reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*árbas‘servant, slave’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*orbъ‘servant, slave’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*orbiti‘to do, to work’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*orbota‘work’reconstructed
- Old Czechmodernrobota
- Czechmodernsame form‘serfdom, villeinage’
- Czech, derivedmodernrobot
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayannoybot
A compound of annoy + -bot
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to hate’
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Latin odium ‘loathing, hatred’
Late Latin inodiāre ‘to make loathsome’
Old French anoier ‘to bother, disturb’
Middle English anoyen
English annoy
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- ‘to change allegiance, status, ownership’
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos ‘servant, slave, worker’
through Czech robot
through English robot
Today it means
noun A bot within an IRC channel that sends annoying messages to online participants.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- / annoybot