Where does “latón” come from?
latón (Ligurian) comes from Arabic لَاطُون, from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣, from Proto-Turkic altun — gold.
latón (Ligurian): brass
Ancestry of “latón”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | لَاطُون | copper, copper alloy; copper; copper alloy |
| 2 | Old Turkic | 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 | gold; golden |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | altun | gold |