English

slaughterbot

From slaughter + -bot.

Formed from slaughter + -bot

Proto-Indo-European *slak- ‘to hit, strike, throw’

Proto-Germanic *slahaną ‘to hit, to strike’

Proto-Germanic *slahtrą

Old Norse *slahtr

Middle English slaughter

Today it means

noun Synonym of killbot (“robot designed for killing”).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / slaughterbot