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Old French cancelerbor.
Anglo-Norman cancelerbor.
Middle English cancellen
English cancel
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos
Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas
Proto-Slavic *orbъ
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei
Proto-Slavic *-iti
Proto-Slavic *orbiti
Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ
Proto-Slavic *-ota
Proto-Slavic *orbota
Old Czech robota
Czech robota
Czech robotbor.
English robotclip.
English bot
English -bot
English cancelbot

    From cancel + -bot.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    cancelbot (plural cancelbots)

    1. (Internet) A bot that sends messages to Usenet newsgroups to remove certain postings, especially spam.

    See also

    source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cancelbot