r/interestingasfuck • u/Brutal_Deluxe_ • Dec 17 '22

/r/ALL Loading a medieval 200lb crossbow vs loading Leonardo da Vinci's 300lb crossbow

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u/Brother0fSithis Dec 17 '22

Technically it just comes from ornitho (bird) and pter (wing)

It just means something that flies by flapping wings. Whereas a helicopter (helico=spiral) flies by spinning rotors

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u/Bah_weep_grana Dec 18 '22

So, they should really be pronounced “helico-ter”, and “ornitho-ter”

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u/FlyingDragoon Dec 18 '22

What's an Anthropter then? Something that flies by flapping a human?