In article . np.hx,
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
I'd guessed it might mean that in some languages. But pod has meant a
container in English for some time - seed pod etc.

OK, so if oed is anything to go by, tripod as a three-legged vessel is
quoted in 1370.

Yes - that's what the dictionary on this computer said. But whether the
'pod' refers to the legs or pot I dunno. But a pod is normally long and
narrow rather than round.

The earliest quote of pd as a seed-bearing fruit
appears to be in 1553.

Right.

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