-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
octocopter
parcelcopter
quadcopter
roflcopter
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