#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

[mohntilyet]

still i think the one of the more fun differences drawn between illario and lucanis that was lost would be illario's ability to endear himself to others but serious lack of empathy, vs. lucanis' (self perceived) inability to be charming but how much he cares. it's interesting that the game has gone with the "lucanis' ability vs illario's lack thereof" because i think illario being the dellamorte 'best in show dog' vs. lucanis' attack dog would have made me so unwell.

lucanis is... awkward. he's not unlikable, because he is usually very polite, but he doesn't speak much and only seems to care about the other dellamortes. he once sent viago de riva a knife with no note (who knows what he could have meant by this). he does what caterina asks of him, and by his own admission, cannot say no to her. he is a dramatic and prolific killer, and that makes how untouchable he is even worse.

and the crows like illario, sure, AND he's a good assassin! he's even a good crow! he's so good that he can make lucanis smile, and so he is the charming, sociable one. he's the one that stays in treviso and can be relied upon to care, illario's even the one people prefer over caterina and lucanis!

but illario is decoration. he's the prize poodle, and even if poodles were bred to be working dogs, nobody will ever pick him to protect the house over the german shepherd that regularly mauls intruders. anyways the analogy is getting away from me. the point i'm trying to make is that i want illario to have a different kind of jealousy/hatred that's not just over 'being bad at killing' but also an arrogant loathing for everyone around him that is getting harder to hide, because they've forgotten he can bite and is just itching to rip someone's jugular out. illario is very good at hiding his family resemblance to caterina, while lucanis suffers under his grandmother's, and his own, reputation.

[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.

[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.

[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

[yiska-h]

TRITONE E NEREIDE - Roberto Ferri - Oil on canvas, 2024.

[etherealarte]

[abnormes]

Ania Pieroni in Inferno (1980)

[wyntersart]

Odelisque by Francesco Hayez (1867)