The story
- Latin · borrowed frommōns“mountain, mound”
- English todaymons pubis
From Latin mōns (“mountain, mound”) + genitive of pūbes (“pubic area”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mons pubis
Today it means: A fleshy protuberance over the pubic bones that becomes covered with hair during puberty. Full definition →
Latin mōns