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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 62 points 2 days ago (8 children)

One of the weirdest facts I know is that "pter" means wing and "helico" means spiral, so a wing that moves in a helix is a helico-pter. That's the root, not heli-copter.

[–] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Helico" sounds like it could be a delightfully antiquated-sounding clipping of helicopter. Perhaps some Victorian gentleman is ushering you into the helico.

It would at least be interesting if one was writing a similar world, but wanted more unique language.

"Get in the 'pter" is a bit more clumsy though.

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