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.
The word etymology is derived from the Greek word á¼ÏÏÎ¼Î¿Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î±, etymologia, itself from á¼ÏÏÎ¼Î¿Î½, etymon, meaning true sense, and the suffix-logia, denoting the study of. In linguistics, the term etymon is used to refer to a word or morpheme from which a later word is derived.