Anytime something in spanish is bizarrely divergent from the other latinate/romance languages, a good first thing to try is to blame the Moors. Pea (alberja, or if you will, al-berja) is a good example. I am having a devil of a time finding a spanish dictionary with etymologies online, though.
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Date: 2007-06-20 04:11 am (UTC)