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English

lactofermentation

From lacto- + fermentation.

Formed from lacto- + fermentation

Latin lac ‘milk’

English lacto-

Latin fermentātiō

Middle English fermentacioun

English fermentation

Today it means

noun Lactic acid fermentation, a process by which certain sugars are converted into lactic acid, used especially to produce certain pickled/fermented foods such as sauerkraut and narezushi.

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

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