highness (the state of being high) · height, stature · Highness
çekim: çoğul altezas
köken: From alto (“high”) + -eza, perhaps corresponding to a Late Latin altitia, from Latin altus. Compare Portuguese alteza, Catalan altesa, Italian altezza.
köken: Inherited from Late Latin altitia, from Latin altus (“high”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish alteza, Catalan altesa. By surface analysis, alto (“high”) + -ezza.
[…] questa mi porse tanto di gravezza ¶ con la paura ch’uscia di sua vista, ¶ ch’io perdei la speranza de l’altezza.
excellence, greatness · A formal title of address used for certain dignitaries, such as heads of state, heads of government, ministers and ambassadors.
çekim: çoğul excellenties
köken: From Middle Dutch excellentie, from Latin excellentia. Equivalent to excellent + -ie.
köken: From Ancient Greek ὑπεροχή (huperokhḗ), from ὑπερέχω (huperékhō, “to be better than”), from ὑπερ (huper, “above, more”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”).
köken: Attested since 1671 (bosastede). Borrowed and adapted from Spanish vuesasted or some similar variant, from the addressing form vuestra merced (“your grace”). The expected result from the inherited equivalent vossa mercee would be *vocé, but it seems to never have developed, the usual form being vós until Spanish borrowings started replacing it. Compare Catalan vostè, Portuguese você, Spanish…
De onde é vostede?
Señora may (os luceyros Din) vostede s'afrontou Sen causa, porque esta loyta Ll'a de dar mais relumbros.