English

gyrokite

From gyro- + kite.

Formed from gyro- + kite

Proto-Indo-European *gew- ‘to curve, to bend’

Ancient Greek γῦρος ‘circle’

English gyro-

Proto-West Germanic *kūt ‘bird of prey’

Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō ‘kite (bird)’

Old English cȳta

Middle English kyte ‘a kite endemic to Europe, especially the red…’

English kite

Today it means

noun Synonym of rotor kite.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gyrokite