-copter
English
editEtymology
editThe clipped form copter predates it, which raises the question of compounding versus affixing, but regardless, it is now widely reanalyzed as a suffix derived from helicopter.
Suffix
edit-copter
- referring to a vehicle that works with one or more vertical rotors similar to that of a helicopter
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- copter
- heli
- heli- (and derivatives therefrom)