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.

Noun

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

1. moustache

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	mustācium	mustācia
genitive	mustāciī mustācī1	mustāciōrum
dative	mustāciō	mustāciīs
accusative	mustācium	mustācia
ablative	mustāciō	mustāciīs
vocative	mustācium	mustācia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Balkan Romance: f
  • Aromanian: mustatsã, mustacã, mustatse
  • Romanian: mustață, musteață — popular
• 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
  • Venetan: mustacchio
• Southern Romance:
  • Sicilian: mustacchiu
    • → Italian: mustacchio
      • → English: mustachio