Etymograph

English

gyroplane

From gyro- + plane.

Formed from gyro- + plane

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

Ancient Greek γῦρος ‘circle’

English gyro-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’

Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nós

Proto-Italic *plānos

Latin plānus ‘plain’

Latin plānum ‘flat surface’

English plane

Today it means

noun Any aircraft that obtains lift from both rotating blades and small wings.

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

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