Pube
/pjuːb/noun
A single hair in the pubic region.
Did you know?“Pube” is a clipped modern English form of “pubic,” ultimately from Latin pubes, meaning the hair of adulthood and, by extension, sexual maturity.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
pubes
“The hair of the lower belly and genital region; also bodily maturity”
Classical Latin
Latin
pubes
“A grown person; the age or condition of sexual maturity”
Late Latin
Latin
pubicus
“Of the pubic region; pertaining to adulthood and sexual maturity”
Middle English
English
pubic
“Relating to the pubes or genital region”
Modern English
English
pube
“A single hair in the pubic region”
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