Where does “khéo léo” come from?

khéo léo (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.

khéo léo (Vietnamese): skillful

Definitions

  1. skillful

Ancestry of “khéo léo”, step by step

khéo léo 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 khéo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhéobe skillful
2Chinese巧—
Every word from Ancient Greek λέων →Every word from Ancient Greek Λέων →Every word from Latin leō →