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