Who knew? Origin of the word "helicopter"

[jujube]

I just read this: The word helicopter did not come from combining the words heli and copter. Rather, it's made from the words "helico" meaning "spiral" and the word "pter", meaning "one with wings"...as in pterodactyl. Makes sense.

 

[horseless carriage]

I just read this: The word helicopter did not come from combining the words heli and copter. Rather, it's made from the words "helico" meaning "spiral" and the word "pter", meaning "one with wings"...as in pterodactyl. Makes sense.

Ha! What they found was the fossil of the pcoptersaurus, the hovering dynosaur.