Where does “báo léo” come from?

báo léo (Tày) comes from Old Irish léo, from Latin leō, from Ancient Greek Λέων, from Ancient Greek λέων — lion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage.

báo léo (Tày): male adolescent

Definitions

  1. male adolescent

Ancestry of “báo léo”, step by step

báo léo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish léo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishléo
2Latinleō
3Ancient GreekΛέωνlion
4Ancient Greekλέωνlion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage

via Tày báo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàybáoboy
2Proto-Taiɓaːwᴮunmarried man
Every word from Ancient Greek λέωνEvery word from Ancient Greek ΛέωνEvery word from Latin leō
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