Etymology

helipad

he·li·pad
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Today it means: A small landing area for helicopters. Full definition →

English pad ← French hélicoptère ← Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*welH-
  2. Ancient Greekἕλιξ (hélix)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*péth₂r̥
  5. Proto-Hellenic*pterón
  6. Ancient Greekπτερόν (pterón)
  7. Frenchhélicoptère
  8. Englishhelicopterclip.
  9. Englishheli-
  10. Englishpad
  11. English todayhelipad

From heli- + pad.

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