pub- root words — words with the pub- root

The root pub- comes from Latin pubes, meaning adult, grown up. 8 words in Dendril are built from it, including puberty, pubescence, pubic, pubescent, postpubescence, postpubescent, puberulent, pubis. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the pub- root

Explore words with pub- — words containing the pub- root and sharing its sense of "adult, grown up". Examples include puberty, pubescence, pubic, pubescent, postpubescence, postpubescent, puberulent, pubis. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The pub- root means adult, grown up, from Latin pubes. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.