Where does “dưa leo” come from?

dưa leo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Lêô, from Italian Leo, from Latin leō, from Ancient Greek Λέων, from Ancient Greek λέων — lion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage.

dưa leo (Vietnamese): cucumber

Definitions

  1. cucumber

Ancestry of “dưa leo”, step by step

dưa leo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Lêô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseLêôLeo
2ItalianLeoa given name
3Latinleō—
4Ancient GreekΛέωνlion
5Ancient Greekλέωνlion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage

via Vietnamese dưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedưamelon; salted vegetables
Every word from Ancient Greek λέων →Every word from Ancient Greek Λέων →Every word from Latin leō →