confetto
Italian (Fiorentino)
noun
Definitions
- sugar-coated almond
- (by extension) a pellet of plaster, piece of paper, etc symbolizing such an almond, thrown during carnevale (Carnival) or other festivities
- sugar-coated pill
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cōnfectus (made, produced).
Origin
Latin
cōnfectus
Gloss
made, produced
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- confect English
- confetto English
- confectorium Latin
- confectrix Latin
- confectura Latin
- cōnfectus Latin
- confetteria Italian
- confettiere Italian
- confit French
- конфе́та Russian
- конфета Russian
- конфетка Russian
- cohecho Spanish, Castilian
- confites Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- confeito Portuguese
- կոնֆետ Armenian
- кәмпит Kazakh
- კანფეტი Georgian
- кәнфит Bashkir
- konfet Uzbek
- qanfet Crimean Tatar