English
jellycopter
Blend of jelly + helicopter.
A blend of jelly + helicopter
Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘cold’
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Latin gelo ‘to freeze, cause to congeal’
Early Medieval Latin gelāta
Old French gelee ‘cold spell’
Middle English gele ‘a jelly made from the stock of meats or a…’
English jelly
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’
Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ‘wing’
Proto-Hellenic *pterón
Ancient Greek πτερόν ‘feather, wing’
French hélicoptère
English helicopter
Today it means
noun A helicopter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jellycopter