Where does “vossa mercee” come from?
vossa mercee (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin vostra, from Latin voster, from Latin vester, from Proto-Italic westeros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
Ancestry of “vossa mercee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vostra | Alternative form of vestra |
| 2 | Latin | voster | Alternative form of vester; your, plural... |
| 3 | Latin | vester | your, yours, of you |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | westeros | your |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “vossa mercee”