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latten

Meaninga lath

Common meaning: historical copper alloy similar to brass

Journey through time

  1. Germanlatte‘a lath’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsa lath → brass-like metallaton‘brass-like metal’source
  3. Middle Englishlatoun‘brass-like metal’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsbrass-like metal → historical copper alloy similar to brasslatten‘historical copper alloy similar to brass’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on German latte ‘a lath’.

Roots

  • latte German “a lath”

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