English contain

← Old French contenir (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *ten- (root)

← Latin continere (derived)

← Latin con- (mention)

← Latin teneō (mention)

→ English container (affix)

→ English containment (suffix)

→ English containable (suffix)

→ English containeth (suffix)

→ English containest (suffix)

→ Arabic كف (link)

→ Ido kontenar (borrowed)