mustacium

Latin

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), diminutive from Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax). Attested in the plural form mustācia in a gloss from the seventh century CE.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

mustācium n (genitive mustāciī or mustācī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. moustache

Declension

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Descendants
  • Balkan Romance: f
    • Aromanian: mustatsã, mustacã, mustatse
    • Romanian: mustață, musteață
  • Italo-Romance: m
    • Italian: mostaccio (see there for further descendants)
    • Neapolitan: mustaccio
      • → French: moustache (see there for further descendants)
    • Sicilian: mustazzu
  • North Italian: m
    • Emilian: mostaz
    • Lombard: mostasc
      Borgomanero: mostasciu
    • Piedmontese: mostass
    • Venetian: mustacchio

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mystax”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 319
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