#old italian

[yvanspijk]

The journey of pepper

The word pepper made a long journey. It stems from Sanskrit pippaliḥ. A descendant of this word made its way west through borrowing, ending up in Ancient Greek as píperi. Latin, in turn, borrowed this word as piper, which was then borrowed by Proto-West Germanic, the ancestor of English, as *pepar. This became Old English peoper, which evolved into Modern English pepper. Click the infographic to learn more.

Via Ancient Greek, Latin, and the descendants of Sanskrit, the word made its way into numerous languages from different Indo-European and non-Indo-European families. The boxes in the infographic provide examples of these borrowings. In some languages the word only refers to the spice made of the black peppercorns (of the genus Piper nigrum), in others to the spicy fruits (Capsicum) or both.

[rmmoonchild95]

Oh if I could only travel to this Timeline, just for one day.

~daydreaming

[cryptocism]

"just as I did, in 1983."

you'd never know my favourite parts of the show are the fucked up insane bits when my first instinct is to draw the cheesiest thing imaginable

[etherealarte]

[jackfromnc]

Ricotta Pie Old Italian Recipe This Italian-style ricotta pie recipe is ideal for special occasions because it has a decadent sweetened crust and mini chocolate chips in the smooth ricotta filling. 2 cups white sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 4 cups all-purpose flour, 12 large eggs, 3 pounds ricotta cheese, 1 tablespoon milk, 4 large eggs lightly beaten, 1/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips or to taste, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 cup shortening chilled, 1 cup white sugar, 5 teaspoons baking powder, 1 tablespoon shortening chilled

[seaponies]

Ricotta Pie Old Italian Recipe Recipe This Italian-style ricotta pie recipe is ideal for special occasions because it has a decadent sweetened crust and mini chocolate chips in the smooth ricotta filling.

[vintage-tigre]

Monica Belucci, 1995

[eroticlamb]

Cristina Gaioni as Jeanine in A Hyena in the Safe, 1968. Directed by Cesare Canevari

[demonwolfgoodies]

Home Bar - Living Room Large eclectic open concept living room idea with a bar, multicolored walls, a brick fireplace, a standard fireplace, and porcelain tile flooring.

[kittycatfailcat]

Home Bar - Living Room Living room - large eclectic open concept porcelain tile and brown floor living room idea with a bar, multicolored walls, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace and a media wall

[yvanspijk]

Fnēosan & to sneeze

The verb to sneeze comes from Old English fnēosan. Why doesn't it still start with an f? Since the cluster fn- was extremely uncommon, people started to replace it with the common cluster sn- in Middle English: fnēsen became snēsen, which ultimately became to sneeze.

The Oxford English Dictionary says the change was due to misreading or misprinting the f as ſ, the 'long s'. However, this is very unlikely, since such a thing wouldn't be able to make an entire people change their native pronunciation, especially at a time when literacy was still low. Moreover, the same thing happened with to snore (from Middle English fnoren) and to snort (from fnorten), while there aren't any other cases of f's that became an s.

In many other Germanic languages, fn- was substituted by hn-, once a very common cluster, which ultimately became n-, as in German niesen. Dutch preserves both niezen, from a form with hn-, and fniezen, although the latter is now archaic.

[wyntersart]

Odelisque by Francesco Hayez (1867)

[weallfallfromgrace2]

It's going to be a great day..🤤😋

[etherealarte]

[bidonica]

You might say that hitting subscribe on a fic that hasn't updated in four years from someone who apparently changed fandoms is a fruitless and delusional endeavor, but I have been waiting for The Winds Of Winter for thirteen years now, my faith in the human spirit is indestructible

[dreamer-classics]

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