@BluetreefrogM to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 year agoWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?message-square154arrow-up1253arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1251arrow-down1message-squareWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?@BluetreefrogM to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square154file-text
minus-squareMxM111linkfedilink3•1 year agoI thought heli is more like a screw. (Not claiming that it is, but that was my understanding)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-21 year agoThe dictionary definition is “Anything twisted, winding, or spiral.” but an inference can be made
minus-squareKalashlinkfedilink4•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-squareKalashlinkfedilink4•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-square@BluetreefrogOPMlinkEnglish2•1 year ago It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter. TIL
I thought heli is more like a screw. (Not claiming that it is, but that was my understanding)
The dictionary definition is “Anything twisted, winding, or spiral.” but an inference can be made
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