## Etymology
From chop + -er. Chop ('to cut with a blow') is a variant of chap, of imitative or Germanic origin, attested in Middle English. The 'helicopter' sense is 20th-century slang.

## AI Etymology
Chopper comes from chop + -er. Chop ('to cut with a blow') is a variant of chap, of imitative or Germanic origin, attested in Middle English. The 'helicopter' sense is 20th-century slang. The historical trail runs through Middle English choppen. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. The later sense follows a semantic development already present in the word's history. In modern use it means a helicopter, or a tool for chopping. Related forms include chop.

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- Tools, Machines & Construction
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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