Where does “Paulie” come from?
Paulie is an English diminutive formation from Paul, which derives from Latin Paulus, ultimately tracing through Latin -ia and -ivus suffixes to Proto-Indo-European -kos.
Ancestry of “Paulie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | paul | An old Italian silver coin; a paolo; Archaic form... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Παῦλος | — |
| 3 | Latin | paulus | little, small |
| 4 | Latin | paullus | — |