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).

Case	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
  • Venetian: mustacchio