We came across this lovely story recently of an RAF pilot fighting the authorities for his right to wear a moustache.
It got us thinking what an odd word moustache is, so we looked it up to save you losing any sleep over its peculiarity.
Apparently, the English word moustache comes from the Middle French moustache, which in turn derives from the Old Italian mustaccio. This comes from Middle Greek moustaki, which is a diminutive of the Greek mystak or mystax, which means upper lip. Phew. By the time you’ve read that, you could almost have grown one.
