English
Paul
Paul comes from Latin Paulus ‘small’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPaulus‘small’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Paul
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPaulus‘small’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Paul
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with…”
Every English word from Latin Paulus
Today it means
name In the New Testament, Saul, the Apostle to the Gentiles and the author of fourteen epistles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Paulus / Paul