a single pubic hair · pubic hair, hairgrowth in the pubic region
çekim: çoğul schaamharen
köken: From schamen (“to (be a)shame(d)”) + haar (“hair”), calque of German Schamhaar, though note that the first element in the German word is a noun. The oldest citations in Dutch use the plural form.
pube (a pubic hair) · peanuts (something of little importance)
çekim: çoğul pentelhos
köken: From Vulgar Latin *pectinī̆culum, diminutive of Latin pecten (“pubic hair, comb”). By surface analysis, pente + -elho. Compare Galician pentello, Spanish pendejo.