Spanish
Masculine

latón

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Hyphenated as
la‧tón
Pronounced as (IPA)
/laˈton/
Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic
لَاطُون
Cognate with Turkish
Turkish
altın
Cognate with Karakhanid
اَلْتُونْ
Cognate with Latin
Latin
lotus
Borrowed from Aragonese
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In summary

Borrowed from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself ultimately of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (l¹t¹un¹, “gold”). Compare Turkish altın, Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).

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