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It was originally the French form of Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of Paulus meaning the little, hence the younger. The corresponding form for the name in Italian is Paolina (Paula corresponds to Paola). In Russian, the corresponding names are Павли́на (pronounced Pavlína) and Поли́на (pronounced poleenah).
Paulina, the name of several Roman women related to Emperor Hadrian; Lollia Paulina (15–49), third wife of Emperor Caligula; Caecilia Paulina (died 236), wife of Emperor Maximinus Thrax, posthumously deified as diva Paulina; Aurelia Paulina, daughter of the Emperor Carus; Aurelia Paulina, a Roman noblewoman from Anatolia
Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).
The origin of the meaning (for French speakers) is that at a table d'hôte (literally "table of the house" or "table of the host"), unlike at a full-service purpose-built hotel, all patrons eat together at the host's table, whatever the family have prepared for themselves (typically traditional regional dishes).
The pervasiveness of words of French origin that have been borrowed into English is comparable to that of borrowings from Latin. Estimates vary up, but up to 45% of all English words may have a French origin. [1] [verification needed] [better source needed] This suggests that up to 80,000 words should appear in this list.
Paula Brébion (1861–1952), French singer and actress. Paula Byrne (born 1967), English author; Paula Cable-Dunlap, American chemist; Paula Cardoso (born 1979), Portuguese journalist and activist; Paula Cole (born 1968), American singer-songwriter; Paula Creamer (born 1986), American golfer; Paula Nicho Cumez (born 1955), Mayan-Guatemalan artist
The Gaulish language, and presumably its many dialects and closely allied sister languages, left a few hundred words in French and many more in nearby Romance languages, i.e. Franco-Provençal (Eastern France and Western Switzerland), Occitan (Southern France), Catalan, Romansch, Gallo-Italic (Northern Italy), and many of the regional languages of northern France and Belgium collectively known ...
Paulette (po-LET) is the French feminine given name diminutive of the French/English/German given name Pauline, a derivative of the Latin Paulina, from the Roman family name Paulus, meaning "small" or "humble". The masculine given name Paul comes from the same cognate. [1] It is uncommon as a surname. People with the name "Paulette" include: