leo
Latin
noun
Definitions
- lion
- lion's skin
- (constellation) the constellation Leo
- (figuratively) lionheart; a courageous person
- a kind of crab
- a kind of plant
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek λέων (lion).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λέων
Gloss
lion
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leopold English
- leō Latin
- leōnem Latin
- leōnis, leō, leo Latin
- napoleontisch Dutch, Flemish
- лев Russian
- Δημολέων Ancient Greek
- Λεωνίδας Ancient Greek
- Τιμολέων Ancient Greek
- λέων Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπέταλον Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπόδιον Ancient Greek
- μυρμηκολέων Ancient Greek
- χαμαιλέων Ancient Greek
- *lewo- Proto-Indo-European
- løve Norwegian Bokmål
- sjøløve Norwegian Bokmål
- Leo Portuguese
- lejon Swedish
- lew Polish
- løve Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjøløve Norwegian Nynorsk
- *lьvъ Proto-Slavic
- lev Czech
- Leopold Old French
- lion Old French
- lav Serbo-Croatian
- лав Serbo-Croatian
- leu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Leons Latvian
- лев Bulgarian
- лъв Bulgarian
- лав Macedonian
- лев Ukrainian
- lev Slovak
- leon Old Swedish
- леў Belarusian
- lev Slovene
- львъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- ⲗⲉⲱⲛ Coptic
- law Lower Sorbian
- law Upper Sorbian
- λεοντάριον grc-koi
- leon Interlingua
- leonessa Interlingua