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puberty

/pˈjuːbəti/PYOO-bur-tee
/pˈjubɚti/PYOO-bur-tee

Meaninggrowing up

Common meaning: the onset of sexual maturity

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PU‘beget, produce’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 209, p. 737 · scan
  2. Latinpūbēs, -eris‘grown up, adult’
  3. Frenchpubertésource
  4. Englishpuberty‘the onset of sexual maturity’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pūbēs ‘grown up, adult’.

Roots

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