Etymology

mystacal

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the upper lip, or moustache. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μύσταξ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμύσταξ“moustache”
  2. English todaymystacal

From Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax, “moustache”), whence also moustache.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμύσταξ all →

moustache

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.