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Re: [romanceconlang] Usted



On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 05:11:00 -0700 (PDT) Padraic Brown
<elemtilas@hidden.email> writes:
> --- Adam Walker <carrajena@hidden.email> wrote:
> > Okay, from the _Breve Diccionario Etimolo'gico
> > de la
> > Lengua Espan~ola_ by Guido Go'mez de Silva:
> > usted, pronombre que usa para referirse a la
> > persona a
> > quien se habla si no se la tiene familiaridad,
> > probablemente del a'rabe _'usadh_ 'artesano
> > experimentado; maestro; 

> Makes sense at least. Any ideas where the T comes
> from?
> Padraic.
-
 
When i learned it as the Arabic word for "professor", it was |'ustaadh|.
attempting Arabic:
?????


-Stephen (Steg)
 "alSayf kasayf 'abyaD..." (summer as a white sword...)
     ~ sally caves

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