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6 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils
originFrom Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Proto-Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).
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