Where does “Vd.” come from?

Vd. (Spanish) comes from Spanish vuestra, from Spanish vuestro, from Latin vostrum, from Latin vester, from Proto-Italic westeros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

Vd. (Spanish): Abbreviation of usted

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of usted

Ancestry of “Vd.”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvuestrafeminine singular of vuestro; your
2SpanishvuestroYours; Yours, your, to you
3LatinvostrumAlternative spelling of vestrum; nominative...
4Latinvesteryour, yours, of you
5Proto-Italicwesterosyour
6Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -terosEvery word from Proto-Italic westerosEvery word from Latin vester
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