Where does “Șaptelei” come from?

Șaptelei (Romanian) comes from Romanian leu, from Latin leō, from Ancient Greek Λέων, from Ancient Greek λέων — lion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage.

Ancestry of “Șaptelei”, step by step

Șaptelei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian leu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianleulion; leu
2Latinleō—
3Ancient GreekΛέωνlion
4Ancient Greekλέωνlion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage

via Romanian șapte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianșapteseven
2LatinSeptemseven; 7
3Proto-Italicseptemseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
Every word from Ancient Greek λέων →Every word from Ancient Greek Λέων →Every word from Latin leō →