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