Etymograph

English

lactoferment

From lacto- + ferment.

Formed from lacto- + ferment

Latin lac ‘milk’

English lacto-

Latin fermentum ‘substance causing fermentation’

Latin fermentāre ‘to leaven, ferment’

Middle French ferment

Middle English ferment

English ferment

Today it means

verb To cause (something) to undergo lactofermentation, i.e. lactic acid fermentation.

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Etymograph / lactoferment