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The latter being short for "gyroscope" of course. It can also be a 'copter with an unpowered main rotor, a gyrocopter/autogyro/gyroplane or "gyro" for short.
by cestith 6y ago
The latter being short for "gyroscope" of course.
It can also be a 'copter with an unpowered main rotor, a gyrocopter/autogyro/gyroplane or "gyro" for short.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoDo you mean a "'pter"? Helicopter is (like gyro, from the Greek) a helico-pter (whirl wing)
- cestith 6y agoYou have the right derivation and you've broken "helicopter" correctly, but what exactly is a "gyroco"? It seems to me "gyrocopter" was very likely coined in English from the root "gyro" and the "copter" from "helicopter" as a back-formation.