![]() ![]() The Gauls are tall of body with rippling muscles and white of skin and their hair is blond, and not only naturally so for they also make it their practice by artificial means to increase the distinguishing colour which nature has given it. According to Diodorus Siculus, a Greek historian: The earliest document of the usage of moustaches (without the beard) can be traced to Iron Age Celts. Stone sculpture of a Gaul wearing a torc, with curled moustache and eyebrows, c. ![]() Thus, the density and thickness of the moustache or beard may help to convey androgen levels or age. Research done on this subject has noticed that the prevalence of moustaches and facial hair in general rise and fall according to the saturation of the marriage market. Īn individual wearing a moustache is said to be "moustached" or "moustachioed" (the latter often referring to a particularly large or bushy moustache). The word "moustache" is French, and is derived from the Italian mustaccio (14th century), dialectal mostaccio (16th century), from Medieval Latin mustacchium (eighth century), Medieval Greek μουστάκιον ( moustakion), attested in the ninth century, which ultimately originates as a diminutive of Hellenistic Greek μύσταξ ( mustax, mustak-), meaning "upper lip" or "facial hair", probably derived from Hellenistic Greek μύλλον ( mullon), "lip". Moustaches have been worn in various styles throughout history. A moustachioed horseman on a c300 BC artwork found in Pazyryk burialsĪ moustache ( UK: / m ə ˈ s t ɑː ʃ/ American English: mustache, / ˈ m ʌ s t æ ʃ/) is a strip of facial hair grown above the upper lip. ![]()
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