usté

First attested in 1900. Borrowed from Spanish usted or some similar variant, from the addressing form vuestra merced (“your grace”). Compare native vusté.

usté

1. alternative form of vusté

• “usté”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “usté”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /usˈte/ [usˈt̪e]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: us‧té

usté

1. obsolete form of usted