Etymology

quadcopter

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Today it means: A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷetru-
  4. Latinquadri-
  5. Englishquadri-clip.
  6. Englishquad-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*welH-
  8. Ancient Greekἕλιξ (hélix)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*péth₂r̥
  11. Proto-Hellenic*pterón
  12. Ancient Greekπτερόν (pterón)
  13. Frenchhélicoptère
  14. Englishhelicopterclip.
  15. Englishcopter
  16. English todayquadcopter

From quad- + copter.

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