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I didnt think that the word "rabota" means forced labor. At least not in russian. It just means work.

I could be wrong though, I only lived there for 11 years.

As the article states it's from the Czech word "robota". Clearly these are related but sometimes there are nuances between languages, even for very similar words.

I heard about this origin multiple times but never had it verified.

Maybe some native Czech speaker can enlighten us here :)

Native speaker here, you are absolutely right. Work in Czech would be "práce", "robota" means forced work. It is not used as much nowadays since we do not live in a feudal society anymore though :)

You are right. It's the same in Polish. It has no reference to slavery at all.

In Czech, unlike other Slavic languages, "robota" refers specifically to the forced labour done by serfs (not slaves).

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