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)

1. 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.