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Similarly, Spanish "vuestra merced" evolved to "usted".
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And likewise the Romanian “dumneavoastră” evolved into… nothing, that’s still the polite form of “you” in Romanian. Interestingly though, it can be used in both the singular and plural, and takes verbs conjugated exactly the same way for both forms (i.e. the second person plural).
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As in 'please', from 'if you please'?
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