@Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?message-square154fedilinkarrow-up1249file-text
arrow-up1249message-squareWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?@Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square154fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKalashlinkfedilink4•edit-22 years agoYes, that is where it comes from. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/helico https://www.dictionary.com/browse/helico- Doesn’t change the fact that the word helicopter splits into “helico” and “pter” with the later meaning wing or feather in greek. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pter- It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter.
minus-square@Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years ago It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter. TIL
Or, y’know, a helix.
Yes, that is where it comes from.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/helico
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/helico-
Doesn’t change the fact that the word helicopter splits into “helico” and “pter” with the later meaning wing or feather in greek.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pter-
It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter.
TIL