Moustache
From LoveToKnow 1911
MOUSTACHE, or Mustachio, the hair worn unshaven on the upper lip (see Beard). The spelling "moustache," now the most common in English usage, is the French form of Ital. mustachio, an adaptation of a Doric dialectical ,uvvra, upper lip, also hair on the lip; this is generally taken to be a variant of ,haraE, jaws, mouth, connected with µavaaOac, to chew; cf. "mastic," chewing-gum, and "masticate," to chew.
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