Where does “Paulette” come from?
Paulette comes from French Paul, a name derived from Latin Paulus meaning "small" or "humble."
Ancestry of “Paulette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | Paulette | — |
| 2 | French | -ette | female equivalent of -et |
| 3 | Latin | -itta | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | iszik | to drink |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |