roboticide etymology

English word roboticide comes from English robot, English -icide

Detailed word origin of roboticide

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
robot English (eng) (South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).. (chiefly, science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.. (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions.. (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.. A machine built to carry [...]
-icide English (eng)
roboticide English (eng) The killing of a robot.

Words with the same origin as roboticide

Descendants of robot
-bot Duchovbot Mobot Ronbot Twitterbot Zogbot aimbot biobot bot botfly botlike botmaster botnet cobot infobot lawbot maegbote magbote manbot pleasurebot prostibot robo- roboid robomb shopping bot
Descendants of -icide
Christicide Islamicide adulticide amœbicide anaerobicidal anaerobicide attracticidal attracticide culturicidal culturicide elephanticide femicide geronticide humanicide lousicide muscicide pediculicide slimicide sporicide termiticide weedicide