moustache
要点口ひげ
意味
- 《おもに英》=mustache
- 口ひげ
例文
"Hrmm," mumbled Professor Takeda as he twisted his moustache.
「ふむ」 武田先生は口ひげを捻りながらうなった。
語源
ギリシャ語mystax「上くちびる」から。イタリア語などを経て、上くちびるの毛「口ひげ」。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Used in English since the 16th century. From Middle French moustache from Italian mostaccio, from Early Medieval Latin mustācium, from Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), diminutive of (Doric) Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax, “upper lip”), of unknown origin (probably a Pre-Greek substrate). Replaced native English kemp (“moustache”), from Old English cenep.