Where does “latoun” come from?

latoun (Middle English) comes from Old French laton, from Arabic لَاطُون, from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣, from Proto-Turkic altun — gold.

latoun (Middle English): latten; often seen as the same as orichalcum

Definitions

  1. latten; often seen as the same as orichalcum

Ancestry of “latoun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlaton—
2Arabicلَاطُونcopper, copper alloy; copper; copper alloy
3Old Turkic𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣gold; golden
4Proto-Turkicaltungold
Every word from Proto-Turkic altun →Every word from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 →Every word from Arabic لَاطُون →