Where does “vuesa merced” come from?

vuesa merced (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.

vuesa merced (Spanish): your grace; your mercy; you

Definitions

  1. your grace; your mercy; you

Ancestry of “vuesa merced”, step by step

vuesa merced traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish vuestra

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

via Spanish merced

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmercedmercy
2Old Spanishmerced
3Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
4Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
5Proto-Italic*merks
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -terosEvery word from Proto-Italic westerosEvery word from Latin vester