noun · neutersecond declension
mustācium
mustācium n (genitive mustāciī or mustācī)
Meaning
- EarlyMedieval Latinmoustache
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mustācium | mustācia |
| genitive | mustāciī mustācī | mustāciōrum |
| dative | mustāciō | mustāciīs |
| accusative | mustācium | mustācia |
| ablative | mustāciō | mustāciīs |
| vocative | mustācium | mustācia |
Origins
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion). Attested in the plural form mustācia in a gloss from the seventh century CE.
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianmostaccio
- Spanishmostachofrom Italian mostaccio
- Catalanmostatxofrom Italian mostaccio
- Italianmustaccio
- Italianmustacchio
- Frenchmoustachefrom Neapolitan mustaccio
- Galicianmostachofrom Italian mostaccio
- Maltesemustaċċfrom Italian mostaccio
- Sicilianmustazzu
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianmustață
- Romanianmusteață
- Aromanianmustatsã
- Aromanianmustacã
- Aromanianmustatse
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianmostaz
- Ligurianmostascio
- Borgomaneromostasciufrom Lombard mostasc
- Piedmontesemostass
In English words that came into English from mustācium
- moustachemustācium