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