Where does “pubescent” come from?

pubescent (Latin) comes from Latin pubesco, from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.

pubescent (Latin): third-person plural future active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of...

Ancestry of “pubescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpubescoI become pubescent; I ripen, mature
2Latin-ēscōAttaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
3Proto-Italic*-ēskō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-ēskō →Every word from Latin -ēscō →Every word from Latin pubesco →