moustache
English
/məˈstɑːʃ/, /məˈstæʃ/, /ˈmʌstæʃ/, /məˈstɑːʃ/, /məˈstɐːʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
Etymology
Borrowed from French moustache derived from Italian mostaccio 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
- kemp English
- kemper English
- moustached English
- moustacheless English
- moustachelike English
- moustachial English
- unmoustached English
- *mustacea Latin
- *mustaceum Latin
- *mustaceus Latin
- mostaccio Italian
- mostaccione Italian
- moustache French
- moustachu French
- mostacho Spanish, Castilian
- μαστιχάω Ancient Greek
- μύσταξ Ancient Greek
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *mendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kanipaz Proto-Germanic
- *mundraz Proto-Germanic
- cenep Old English
- kempe Middle English
- mostatxo Catalan, Valencian
- mwstas Welsh
- mustais Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- moustache Norman
- μουστάκιον gkm
- moustach Haitian, Haitian Creole
- mustaccio Neapolitan
- moustach Antillean Creole