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The word "helicopter" isn't a compound of "heli" and "copter", but "helico" and "pter".

"Helico-" being Greek for "spiral-like" and "pteron" being "wing".
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HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
That's why there are words like helix (like the DNA structure) and for example coleo[b]ptera[/b] (order of insects).
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