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2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the material contained within something, or a feeling of peaceful satisfaction
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Stage 1 of 2
continere
Latin · ancient
"to hold together, to contain"
to hold together, to contain, from com- (together) and tenere (to hold)
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Stage 2 of 2
content
English · 1400s
"what is held within something, or a state of satisfaction"
settled as the English word for what is contained, or a state of satisfaction
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