## Meanings
1. Happy and satisfied with what you have.
2. The things that are inside something such as a container, bag, or room.
3. The information, ideas, or subject matter of a book, speech, message, or website.
4. The amount of a particular substance that something contains.
5. To satisfy yourself with something, often less than you wanted.

## Examples
- After a good meal, the children were content and sleepy.
- They emptied the contents of their pockets onto the table.
- The content of the message was unclear to me.
- This drink has a high sugar content.
- I contented myself with one glass of wine.

## Derived Forms
- content-free
- contentable
- contentful
- contentless
- contentment
- contentness
- contentual
- contentwise
- decontent
- discontent
- e-content
- geo-content

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: content
- Root: contentus

## Etymology
From Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre (“to hold in, contain”), as Etymology 1, above. English apparently developed a substantive form of the adjective, which is not mirrored in Romance languages.

## AI Etymology
content is an adjective, noun, and verb. It is from Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre (“to hold in, contain”), as Etymology 1, above. English apparently developed a substantive form of the adjective, which is not mirrored in Romance languages. Historical forms in the chain include content (Middle English) and contentus (Latin). Current senses include happy and satisfied with what you have, the things that are inside something such as a container, bag, or room, and the information, ideas, or subject matter of a book, speech, message, or website. Derived forms include content-free, contentable, contentful, contentless, and contentment.

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