googling for "origin of word robot" says that it's from "robota" which means (allegetly) forced labour in Czech which agrees with the article which says the same: "forced labor, as done by serfs".
That is also closer to the meaning than just "labour" or "work" in my own eastern europen language.
That is also closer to the meaning than just "labour" or "work" in my own eastern europen language.