English
Paulina
Paulina comes from Latin paulus ‘small’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpaulus‘small’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEPaulīna
- Englishearliest quotation 1991Paulina
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpaulus‘small’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEPaulīna
- Englishearliest quotation 1991Paulina
Earliest quotation: 1991, Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape: “She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ‘few, small’
few, poor, fewer, pose, puppy, pupil, puppet, pause, pediatrics, filly, pedagogy, pave, orthopedics, puerile, posada, menopausal, pupa, paucity, 31 more
Today it means
name A female given name from Latin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin paulus / Paulina