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Where does “ottonaio” come from?

ottonaio (Italian) comes from Italian ottonare, from Italian Ottone, from Italian lottone, from Arabic لَاطُون, from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣, from Proto-Turkic altun — gold.

ottonaio (Italian): brazier

Definitions

  1. brazier

Ancestry of “ottonaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianottonareTo braze
2ItalianOttone—
3Italianlottone—
4Arabicلَاطُونcopper, copper alloy; copper; copper alloy
5Old Turkic𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣gold; golden
6Proto-Turkicaltungold
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