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Re: meaning of name
My reference source says that the Latin name of "Paulus" is connected more with the Latin word of "paucus" (from which springs the English word "paucity"), and the Greek word (and I have to transliterate the Greek letters here) "pauoos".-- Nanaea
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Bingo!Indeed the words are "pauo" (to pause/to cease) and "pausis" (a pause/cessation)!!!! Yippeee, I have a prechristian name afterfall!! Thanks Nan :)
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