Where does “nước lèo” come from?

nước lèo (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.

nước lèo (Vietnamese): a dipping sauce originating from Huế, made from sweet soy sauce, chili powder, fish sauce, pork stock, sugar, MSG, lard, either dried onion or dried garlic, roasted peanuts, sesame seeds and pork liver; it has a mild, rich sweet, spicy flavor and is typically served with some of Huế's specialties

Definitions

  1. a dipping sauce originating from Huế, made from sweet soy sauce, chili powder, fish sauce, pork stock, sugar, MSG, lard, either dried onion or dried garlic, roasted peanuts, sesame seeds and pork liver; it has a mild, rich sweet, spicy flavor and is typically served with some of Huế's specialties

Ancestry of “nước lèo”, step by step

nước lèo 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 nước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenướcwater; liquid; fluid; the liquid part of a broth
2Proto-Vieticɗaːkwater, liquid
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɗaakwater; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...
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