-copter

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English

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Etymology

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The 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

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-copter

  1. referring to a vehicle that works with one or more vertical rotors similar to that of a helicopter

Derived terms

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