-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 referring to a vehicle that works with one or more vertical rotors similar to that of a helicopter ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== copter heli heli- (and derivatives therefrom)