Where does “utere” come from?
utere (Palenquero) comes from Spanish ustedes, from Spanish usted, from Spanish vuestra merced, from Spanish vuestra, from Spanish vuestro, from Latin vostrum, from Latin vester, from Proto-Italic westeros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
utere (Palenquero): you; y'all
Ancestry of “utere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | ustedes | you |
| 2 | Spanish | usted | you |
| 3 | Spanish | vuestra merced | your grace; your mercy; you |
| 4 | Spanish | vuestra | feminine singular of vuestro; your |
| 5 | Spanish | vuestro | Yours; Yours, your, to you |
| 6 | Latin | vostrum | Alternative spelling of vestrum; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | vester | your, yours, of you |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | westeros | your |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |