moustache
French
noun
Definitions
- moustache, mustache
- (often in plural) whisker (of a cat)
Etymology
Borrowed from Neapolitan mustaccio derived from Latin *mustaceum derived from μουστάκιον derived from Ancient Greek μύσταξ (upper lip, mustache).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μύσταξ
Gloss
upper lip, mustache
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- moustache English
- moustached English
- moustacheless English
- moustachelike English
- moustachial English
- *mustacea Latin
- *mustaceum Latin
- *mustaceus Latin
- mostaccio Italian
- mostaccione Italian
- moustachu French
- mostacho Spanish, Castilian
- μύσταξ Ancient Greek
- *mendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- mostatxo Catalan, Valencian
- mwstas Welsh
- mustais Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- moustache Norman
- μουστάκιον gkm
- moustach Haitian, Haitian Creole
- mustaccio Neapolitan
- moustach Antillean Creole