Etymology of the English word dragonfly
the English word
dragonflyderived from the English word
dragonderived from the Old French word
dragonderived from the Latin word
draconemderived from the Classical Latin word
draco (dragon; snake)
derived from the Greek word
drakon, δράκων (a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate))
derived from the Latin word
draconusderived from the Greek word
drakon, δράκων (a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate))
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*drakoderived from the English word
flyderived from the English word
flyderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*fleugjonderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pleu-Usage
Word found in Modern English
