< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/mustaceum
Latin
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), derived from Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʊsˈtakʲu/
Noun
*mustāceum n (plural *mustācea) (Proto-Romance)
- moustache
Descendants
- Balkan Romance: f
- Aromanian: mustatsã
- Romanian: mustață
- Italo-Romance: m
- Italian: mostaccio
- → Catalan: mostatxo
- → Galician: mostacho
- → Spanish: mostacho
- Neapolitan: mustaccio
- → French: moustache
- → English: moustache
- → Scottish Gaelic: mustais
- → Swedish: mustasch
- → English: moustache
- → French: moustache
- Sicilian: mustazzu
- Italian: mostaccio