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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
1
French
Paulette
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2
French
-ette
female equivalent of -et
3
Latin
-itta
—
4
Hungarian
iszik
to drink
5
Proto-Uralic
jëxe-
to drink; to flow?
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe- →