Etymograph

English

heterofermentation

From hetero- + fermentation.

Formed from hetero- + fermentation

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

English hetero-

Latin fermentātiō

Middle English fermentacioun

English fermentation

Today it means

noun Fermentation that produces two or more different products (typically, alcohol and lactic acid).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / heterofermentation