This word is from the Spanish peso .
pí·so
peso
(currency)
tatlong piso
three pesos
There is also the Spanish word piso, which has a completely separate definition — it means a building story or floor, as in the second floor of a house. This second sense may have been used in the Philippines about more than a hundred years ago during Spain’s colonial rule.
MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
píso: peso (halagang katumbas ng sandaang sentimo; kuwartang papel o metal na sandaang sentimo ang halaga)
Bakit sa piso nakalagay si Rizal?
Sa larangan ng arkitektura, ang píso ay palapag ng gusali o bahay.
