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DictionaryRoot: fermentare
Latin

fermentare

to leaven, cause to rise

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A home cook observes cabbage fermenting in a clear glass jar on a kitchen counter, chopped cabbage fully submerged in pale brine beneath a glass weight, a few tiny bubbles visibly rising through liquid.
verb / noun

ferment

fer-MENT/fərˈment/

To break down organic material through microorganisms.

Etymology
fermentLatinto leaven, cause to rise

Fermentare described leavening or causing something to rise. That older focus on fermentation’s visible effect connects with the modern sense of undergoing or causing microbial chemical breakdown.

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