Confetti Confetti Confetti are small pieces or streamers of paper, mylar, or metallic material which are usually thrown at celebrations, especially parades and weddings. The origins are from the Latin "confectum", with "confetti" the plural of Italian "confetto", small sweet. Modern paper confetti trace back to symbolic rituals of tossing grains and sweets during special occasions, traditional for numerous cultures throughout history as an ancient custom dating back to pagan times, but adapted from sweets and grains to paper through the centuries. Confetti are made in a variety of colors, and commercially available confetti come in many different shapes. A distinction
Plural form of words ending in -us plural forms, also played a part. Nonetheless, the question of what the Latin plural of "virus" would have been in ancient times turns out not to be straightforward, as no plural form is attested in ancient Latin literature. Furthermore, its status as a neuter noun ending in "-us" and not of Greek origin obscures its morphology, making guesses about how it should have been declined difficult. The Latin word "vīrus" (the "ī" indicates a long "i") means "1. slimy liquid, slime; 2. poison, venom", denoting the venom of a snake. This Latin word is probably related to the Greek (')