Where does “leo thang” come from?

leo thang (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.

leo thang (Vietnamese): to climb the ladder, to escalade

Definitions

  1. to climb the ladder, to escalade

Ancestry of “leo thang”, step by step

leo thang 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 thẳng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethẳngstraight
2Chinese湯—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-la(w)ŋsteam; hot
Every word from Ancient Greek λέων →Every word from Ancient Greek Λέων →Every word from Latin leō →