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pubic (adj.)
[pubic 词源字典]
1811, with
-ic
+ medical Latin
pubis
"bone of the groin" (1590s), short for Latin
os pubis
, from Latin
pubes
(genitive
pubis
) "genital area, groin," related to
pubes
(adj.) "full-grown" (see
puberty
).
[pubic etymology, pubic origin, 英语词源]