-copter

English

Etymology

    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

    -copter

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

    Derived terms

    English terms suffixed with -copter
    gyrocopter
    helicopter
    hexacopter
    octocopter
    parcelcopter
    quadcopter
    roflcopter
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