Where does “pubescent” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pubescent”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pubescent”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-ēskō →