fermen
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fermen
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentare (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), from fervere (“to boil, seethe”).
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fermen (first-person possessive fermenku, second-person possessive fermenmu, third-person possessive fermennya)
Further reading edit
- “fermen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English feormian, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *furbēn.
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fermen
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: farm (dialectal)
References edit
- “fermen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman fermer; equivalent to ferme (“lease”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
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fermen
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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References edit
- “fermen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Old French fermer, from Latin firmō, firmāre; equivalent to ferme (“firm”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
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fermen
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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References edit
- “fermen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.