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CONTENT= C14: from Old French, from Latin contentus contented,that is, having restrained desires, from continere torestrain. from content(adj.) "satisfied," from Latin contentus "contained,satisfied," past participle of continere (see contain).Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to"satisfied," as the contented person's desires arebound by what he or she already has.
CONTAINER = to hold or include within its volume or area: "to hold together,enclose," from com- "together"com ) + tenere"to hold" (see tenet). INTENT = something intended; aim; purpose; design, Latin intentus "a stretching out," in Late Latin"intention, attention," noun use of past participle ofintendere "stretch out, lean toward, strain," literally"to stretch out" or intend