Etymology

pubes

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Today it means: The pubic hair. Full definition →

Latin pubes
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pubes · noun, noun1

  1. Latin · derived frompubes“the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty, the genitals”
  2. English todaypubes

From Latin pubes (“the hair which appears on the body at the age of puberty, the genitals”), from pubes, puber (“grown up, of mature age; of plants, downy, pubescent”); see puberty.

pubes · noun2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words from the same roots

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