In article p.hx,
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
According to the Oxford English Dictionary (and what I know of my
native tongue :-)) the "pod" bit comes from the Greek for foot.

I'd guessed it might mean that in some languages. But pod has meant a
container in English for some time - seed pod etc.

On a slightly shakier ground, I am not sure we have a different word
for leg in Greek.

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*If God had wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees

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