mostaccio
Italian (Fiorentino)
noun
Definitions
- moustache
- (informal) mug ugly face
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *mustaceus, *mustaceus derived from μουστάκιον derived from Ancient Greek μύσταξ (upper lip, mustache) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mendʰ- (chew, be lively, strive, long for, see, be zealous for).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mendʰ-
Gloss
chew, be lively, strive, long for, see, be zealous for
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
見
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- moustache English
- *mustacea Latin
- *mustaceum Latin
- *mustaceus Latin
- mustaceus Latin
- mostaccione Italian
- moustache French
- moustachu French
- mostacho Spanish, Castilian
- μαστιχάω Ancient Greek
- μύσταξ Ancient Greek
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *mendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mundraz Proto-Germanic
- mostatxo Catalan, Valencian
- moustache Norman
- μουστάκιον gkm
- moustach Haitian, Haitian Creole
- mustaccio Neapolitan
- moustach Antillean Creole