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.