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PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 69

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 02regionalMAPPABLE REGION

1920 R.U.R. coinage

Prague

robot DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Karel Čapek used robot in the 1920 Czech play R.U.R.; Merriam-Webster reports that his brother Josef suggested the name from Czech robota “forced labor.”

COORDINATES STORED
YES
HONEST TO PLOT
YES
PLACEMENT MODE
regional
TIME PRECISION
exact
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
1
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

1920 is the cited date of the Czech R.U.R. coinage. The source supports Prague as the play’s named cultural origin, while the coordinate represents the city rather than every early occurrence.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Robot — Word History

    Reports the 1920 Czech play R.U.R., Karel Čapek’s use of robot, Josef Čapek’s naming suggestion, and Czech robota “forced labor” as the immediate lexical source.

    Word History: Czech R.U.R. and naming noteAUDIT SOURCE ↗