fermentum

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *fermentom, equivalent to ferveō +‎ -mentum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw- (“to be hot, boil”). Related to dēfrutum. === Noun === fermentum n (genitive fermentī); second declension fermentation, leavening yeast, ferment anger, passion ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== fermentō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “fermentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fermentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fermentum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fermentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “fermentum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 467