Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down10
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square153fedilink
minus-squareDrewmeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·24 hours agoI don’t think anyone has mentioned “helicopter” yet. It’s not heli and copter like you might think. It’s helico like helix meaning spiral and pter like pterodactyl meaning winged.
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours ago“Вертолёт” (vertolyot) is a direct copy with “vert” meaning “spin” and “lyot” meaning “to fly”.
minus-squareZüri@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoGermans have a word for that “Schraubflügler” /jk
minus-squarespizzat2@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoI always like to think of “Hubschrauber” as “hübsch Räuber”.
minus-squareBubs12@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·18 hours agoDoes that mean it has a silent P and we’ve all been pronouncing it wrong this whole time?
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·14 hours agoAlternatively, we’ve been saying Pterodactyl wrong this whole time
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 hours agoLet’s take the helicotter.
I don’t think anyone has mentioned “helicopter” yet. It’s not heli and copter like you might think. It’s helico like helix meaning spiral and pter like pterodactyl meaning winged.
“Вертолёт” (vertolyot) is a direct copy with “vert” meaning “spin” and “lyot” meaning “to fly”.
Germans have a word for that “Schraubflügler”
/jk
I always like to think of “Hubschrauber” as “hübsch Räuber”.
Does that mean it has a silent P and we’ve all been pronouncing it wrong this whole time?
Alternatively, we’ve been saying Pterodactyl wrong this whole time
Let’s take the helicotter.
Hee-licko-tear