Where does “pubescent” come from?

Pubescent comes from Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens, the present participle of pubesco, derived from pubes meaning adult or mature, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to grow or become.

pubescent (English): At or just after the age of puberty; Covered with...

Definitions

  1. At or just after the age of puberty; Covered with...

Ancestry of “pubescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpubescent—
2Latinpubescensripening; hairy
3LatinpubescoI become pubescent; I ripen, mature
4Latin-ēscōAttaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
5Proto-Italic*-ēskō—

Words derived from “pubescent”

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