The word "moustache" is French, and is derived from the Italian moustacio (fourteenth century), dialectal mostaccio (16th century), from Medieval Latin moustaccium (eighth century), Medieval Greek -̦ϦҦ-?-ʦɦϦ- (moustakion), attested in the ninth century, which ultimately originates as a diminutive of Hellenistic Greek ...read more >>