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
Vulgar Latin vocabulary or evolved forms of "tōtus" (originally "entire") for a similar meaning; Occitan/Portuguese/Spanish " cada" 'each, every', "tudo"/"todo" in Portuguese, "todo" in Spanish, "tot" in Catalan, "tout" in French and "tot" in Romanian. The plural "tutti" in Italian means "all, every" and can overlap in meaning with "ogni" ("ogni giorno" and "tutti i giorni" both mean "every day"), and the singular "tutto" still means "entire" as well as "all". Sometimes a Classical Latin word appears in a Romance language alongside the equivalent Vulgar Latin word: classical "caput", "head", and vulgar "testa" (originally "pot") in Italian, French and Catalan. In Romanian "cap"