English
pubarche
Pubarche comes from Latin pubes ‘pubic’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpubes‘pubic’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004pubarche
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpubes‘pubic’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004pubarche
Earliest quotation: 2004, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, Erica A. Eugster: “Premature adrenarche should be distinguished from premature pubarche (early…”
Linked words
through Latin pubes ‘pubic’
Today it means
noun The first appearance of pubic hair in a child.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pubes / pubarche