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En réponse à DigitalScream@hidden.email: > > I noticed. :) And I had always assumed that /usted/ (Spanish) came > from > /ustaaD/ (Arabic). Is this not so? > No. It comes from "Vuestra merced". Hence its usual abbreviation 'Vd.'. Maybe there has been an influence from the Arabic word, but I saw one or twice older texts using "vuestra merced" and its abbreviation "Vd." where modern texts would use "usted", so I consider the evolution quite likely. Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.