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Re:The gene drive dilemma: we can alter entire species, but ... by pier25 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @07:16PM (#21997230)
From the wikipedia link:

> In Czech, robota means forced labour of the kind that serfs had to perform on their masters' lands and is derived from rab, meaning "slave".

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Re:The gene drive dilemma: we can alter entire species, but ... by Andrew_nenakhov on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @07:27PM (#21997298)
Well, 'robota' means 'labour' (see German 'Arbeit', it's the same word), 'rab' (slave) is just one of derivatives from it. Another is 'rebenok' (child, baby), so it's not such a sinister as it may seem from this article.

Source: I'm Slavic. )

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