fermentum

Latin

Etymology

From ferveō +‎ -mentum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeru- (“to be hot, boil”). Related to defrūtum.

Noun

fermentum n (genitive fermentī); second declension

1. fermentation, leavening
2. yeast, ferment
3. anger, passion

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fermentum	fermenta
Genitive	fermentī	fermentōrum
Dative	fermentō	fermentīs
Accusative	fermentum	fermenta
Ablative	fermentō	fermentīs
Vocative	fermentum	fermenta

Derived terms

• fermentō

Descendants

• French: ferment
• Italian: fermento
• Russian: фермент (ferment)

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’s 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.