The beautiful story of 5 Italian words | NOTIZIE DAL MONDO DELLA TRADUZIONE | Scoop.it
Words convey a culture and sometimes translation falls short in representing the full spirit of a word. Words have a history, an origin (etymology), they acquire new meanings (semantic change) and they also die sometimes (therefore becoming obsolete). What makes a word beautiful? There is no scientific criteria underlying it, but we can say that generally it is either because of its meaning or because of its sound. Here follows a list of 5 Italian words you will fall in love with for one reason or another