Editing Spanish peseta (section)

== Etymology ==

The name of the currency derives from ''peceta'', a [[Catalan Language|Catalan]] word meaning ''little piece,'' from of the Catalan word ''peça'' (lit. ''piece'', "coin"). Its etymology has wrongly been attributed to the Spanish ''[[peso]]''.<ref name="Eti">{{cite web |title=Etimología de PESETA |url=http://etimologias.dechile.net/?peseta |website=Etimologías de Chile |access-date=17 June 2019 |language=es |archive-date=10 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610014054/http://etimologias.dechile.net/?peseta |url-status=live }}</ref> The word ''peseta'' has been known as early as 1737 to colloquially refer to the coin worth 2 ''reales provincial'' or {{frac|1|5}} of a [[peso]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Royal Spanish Academy |editor1-link=Royal Spanish Academy |title=Diccionario de autoridades |date=1737 |url=http://web.frl.es/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getdoc&DocId=61421&Index=C%3a%5cinetpub%5cwwwroot%5cDA%5fINDEX&HitCount=1&hits=1+&SearchForm=%2fDA%5fform%2ehtml |language=es |access-date=2019-05-21 |archive-date=2020-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214044355/http://web.frl.es/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getdoc&DocId=61421&Index=C%3a%5cinetpub%5cwwwroot%5cDA%5fINDEX&HitCount=1&hits=1+&SearchForm=%2fDA%5fform%2ehtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>''Real provincial'' is 1/10 peso as per [[#History]]</ref> Coins denominated in "pesetas" were briefly issued in 1808 in Barcelona under French occupation; see [[Catalan peseta]].