latoun

Middle English

Alternative forms

lahtoun, leyton, latune, laton, lateyne, laten, latun, latone, latton, lattin

Etymology

From Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laˈtuːn/, /ˈlatun/, /ˈlatən/, /ˈlatin/

Noun

latoun (uncountable)

latten; often seen as the same as orichalcum

Descendants

English: latten, laton

References

“latǒun, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-01.

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