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Gzeebzee
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Yes really from the English via Spanish and Hindi Pieces of eight, peso, p??sa, pesa.
May 9, 2017
pablopublico
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No. Hindi pesa/paisā and Spanish peso appear to be unrelated. The Hindi word, instead, comes from Sanskrit pādá, meaning "foot" and being cognate with it (and with pedestrian and podologist, the former via Latin and the latter via Greek).
August 8, 2018
JoaoJosede1
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First currency introduced in 1890 was the Rupie a silver coin subdivided by 64 Pesa a copper coin. That where the sawhili word for coin came from.
July 17, 2017
