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Wonder what the etymology is on that? Seems close to 'peso', but that wasn't really where the Spanish were hanging around, so maybe it's just a coincidence? ht

by davidw 7y ago

Wonder what the etymology is on that? Seems close to 'peso', but that wasn't really where the Spanish were hanging around, so maybe it's just a coincidence? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisa seems to indicate it's possibly from the Portuguese.

toyg 7y ago
> that wasn't really where the Spanish were hanging around For a while, Spanish currencies and conventions acted as reference for most of the trading world operating across oceans, regardless of Spanish presence. It was a bit like the modern USD.