- content (v.)
- early 15c., from M.Fr. contenter, from content (adj.), c.1400, from L. contentus "contained, satisfied," pp. of continere (see contain). Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to "satisfied," as the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already has. Related: Contented (1520s); contentedly (1550s); contently (17c., superseded by contentedly).