The Spanish informal "usted" word is of Arabic origin

[GiCa]

Yes, the Spanish formal second pronoun USTED is of Arabic origin

I know this because I'm studing both Spanish and arabic

Usted أستاذ means "professor in Arabic" and it is pronounced as oostedh (o like a Spanish u)

There is also the feminine form in Arabic أستاذة Oostedha.. Meaning female professor

[GiCa]

! اَلأستاذ عرَبي الحمد لله

[TheMaestro]

Thank you, now I can live in peace.

[Tietar]

Yes, the Spanish formal second pronoun USTED is of Arabic origin

I know this because I'm studing both Spanish and arabic

Usted أستاذ means "professor in Arabic" and it is pronounced as oostedh (o like a Spanish u)

There is also the feminine form in Arabic أستاذة Oostedha.. Meaning female professor

"Usted" It is an abbreviation of "vuestra merced" (your mercy), it has nothing to do with professor

Thank you, now I can live in peace.

hahaha

[GiCa]

Se estima fruto de la contracción de vuestra merced, un tratamiento o título de cortesía


I don't belive in this

I belive is Arabic.. Or that Spanish passed it to Arabic

[GiCa]

"Usted" It is an abbreviation of "vuestra merced" (your mercy), it has nothing to do with proffesor





hahaha

I think that either Spanish passed it to Arabic, or Arabic passed it to spanish.

In Arabic its pronounced the same as in Spanish, only it changes slightly the D sound.. That in Spanish is a pure d.. But in Arabic in that case is prounonced like a dh (like the th.. But on the d.. So dh)

[GiCa]

Usted just like você, derives from two words vuestra merced/vossa mercê. And is a word at least in Portugal, that signifies a mild deference. More formal than tu/you but less than senhor/sir.

I have the doubt that it has 0 correlation with the arabic

They are the same sound and same word, and the fact that in Arabic means "Professor" that is a respected very formal title is very curious and too much coincidence to be unrelated

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

"Usted" is formal, not informal. "Tu" is informal.

[Cristiano viejo]

Se estima fruto de la contracción de vuestra merced, un tratamiento o título de cortesía


I don't belive in this

I belive is Arabic.. Or that Spanish passed it to Arabic

What you believe does not matter, Terrone. Usted come from "vuestra merced". No one of these words come from Arabic.

Threads like these just show one more time your absolute envy toward us, and your absolute ignorance and illiteracy

Now go to create a thread about the Italian word zucchero coming from Arabic, Terrona

[Tietar]

Se estima fruto de la contracción de vuestra merced, un tratamiento o título de cortesía


I don't belive in this

I belive is Arabic.. Or that Spanish passed it to Arabic

"usted" is a form of treatment to another person, and means exactly that: "vuestra merced". Was originally "vusted", which is an abbreviation in the same way that "vuecencia" is an abbreviation of "vuestra excelencia" (your excellence). currently it means the same as "you", but with a treatment of respect to unknown or older people, although in the Canary Islands or Latin America they always use it