Moustache - wikidoc
Moustache A moustache (or mustache) is facial hair grown on the upper lip. Often the term implies that the wearer grows only the upper lip hair and chooses to shave the hair on his chin and cheeks, whereas growth of all facial hair would constitute a beard. Etymology The word Moustache comes to the English language via the Middle French Moustache which in turn is derived from the Old Italian Mustacchio which originates from the Middle Greek Moustaki, a diminutive of Greek mystak-, mystax upper lip, mustache. The word is pronounced with the stress either on the first syllable or, more often, on the second syllable. Vernacular names Some common abbreviations for the moustache are stache,...