Where does “nói leo” come from?

nói 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.

nói leo (Vietnamese): to cut into grown-ups' conversations

Definitions

  1. to cut into grown-ups' conversations

Ancestry of “nói leo”, step by step

nói 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 nói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenóito speak, to talk, to say, to tell
2Chinese
Every word from Ancient Greek λέωνEvery word from Ancient Greek ΛέωνEvery word from Latin leō