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).

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

Asturian: furmiento
Leonese: fermiento
Old Portuguese:
- Galician: formento
- Portuguese: formento
Romagnol: forment
Sardinian: fromentu, fermentu ⇒ fermentarzu
Spanish: hermiento, jurmiento (Salamanca)
→ Catalan: ferment
→ French: ferment
- → Russian: фермент (ferment)
→ Galician: fermento
→ Italian: fermento
→ Occitan: ferment
→ Portuguese: fermento
→ Spanish: fermento

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
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “fermentum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 467