Why do so many words in English begin with a silent “p” like psychiatrist or pterodactyl?

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Why do so many words in English begin with a silent “p” like psychiatrist or pterodactyl?

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Fun fact: helicopter comes from the roots “helico” which means spiral and “pter” which means “winged” or “flying”

It’s helico-pter. But people tend to call them heli-copter.

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