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[–] 1 point 2 years ago

So I looked into this a bit and...

it appears to be based on whether a word is using Latin or Greek as its etymological basis, for words pertaining to feet.

In Latin... it is ped-... but in Greek... it is pod-.

... And, you are correct, English has a mish mash of both.

But also, a lot of English words referring to children use the Greek derived ped- or pedo- to refer to... children.

....Which is why in British English, the spelling 'paed-' is used, to minimize this confusion.

But us clever Americans dropped that, rofl.

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