@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-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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-21 year agoThe dictionary definition is “Anything twisted, winding, or spiral.” but an inference can be made
I thought heli is more like a screw. (Not claiming that it is, but that was my understanding)
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
The dictionary definition is “Anything twisted, winding, or spiral.” but an inference can be made