Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?message-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1246arrow-down1message-squareWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square144fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoThe word is not “heli” though. It’s “helico”. Like in the helicoprion (a shark with a spiral think on it’s mouth) or a helicograph (a tool to draw spirals).
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year 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-squareBluetreefrog@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter. TIL
The word is not “heli” though. It’s “helico”.
Like in the helicoprion (a shark with a spiral think on it’s mouth) or a helicograph (a tool to draw spirals).
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