Because they used to be two separate pieces with no crotch seam connecting them! [https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pai1.htm](https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pai1.htm)
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well one leg of a pair of pants is called a pant leg. so for it to be pants there have to be two pant legs, making them a pair
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