What's the origin of the word "moustache"?

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Why: It's Movember. Jason posted these Toms yesterday:

Also, Moses just spelled "mustachioed" like "moustacheuod."

Answer: It has something to do with mouths!

• 1580s, from Fr. moustache, from It. mostaccio
• From Medieval Gk. moustakion, dim. of Doric mystax (gen. mystakos) "upper lip, mustache," related to mastax "jaws, mouth," lit. "that with which one chews"

Like masticate. Durr.

• Borrowed earlier (1550s) as mostacchi, from the It. word or its Sp. derivative mostacho. The plural form of this, mustachios, lingers in English.

Source: EtymOnline

The More You Know: Also,

Dutch slang has a useful noun, de befborstel, to refer to the mustache specifically as a tool for stimulating the clitoris; probably from beffen "to stimulate the clitoris with the tongue."

Horf.