latoun
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Proto-Common Turkic *altun (“gold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈtuːn/, /ˈlatun/, /ˈlatən/, /ˈlatin/
Noun
latoun (uncountable)
- latten; often seen as the same as orichalcum
Descendants
References
- “latǒun, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 June 2019.