latoun
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Middle English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
latoun (uncountable)
- latten; often seen as the same as orichalcum
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “latǒun, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-01.
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