Word Origin Summary

Hélicoptère is attested in French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• helikopter

  Dutch · borrowed from

• helicóptero

  Galician · borrowed from

• helikopter

  AZE · derived from

• helikopter

  Cebuano · derived from

• Helikopter

  German · derived from

• helicóptero

  Portuguese · borrowed from

• helikoptero

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• erɨ´kura´

  Ankave · derived from

What You Can Explore

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root