Shortest time from egg to adult is 6 mos. but some larger dragonflies can live up to 6-7 years. ChaCha! Some dragonfly's life-cycle from egg to death of adult is about 6 mths. Some of the larger dragonflies take 6 or 7 yrs! At the shortest, a dragonfly's life-cycle from egg to death of adult is about 6 months. Some of the larger ones take 6 or 7 years!
Origin is the start, center or beginning of something or the place where a person comes from. 1  An exmaple of origin is when an idea comes to you when you sleep. 2  An example of origin is the ground where oil comes from. 3  An example of origin is your ethnic background.
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2015). Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. By extension, the term the etymology of [a word] means the origin of the particular word.tymologists apply a number of methods to study the origins of words, some of which are: 1  Philological research. 2  Changes in the form and meaning of the word can be traced with the aid of older texts, if such are available. 3  Making use of dialectological data.