- contents (n.)
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[contents 词源字典] - "things contained" in something (the stomach, a document, etc.), early 15c., Latin contentum (plural contenta), neuter past participle of continere (see contain). Table of contents is late 15c.[contents etymology, contents origin, 英语词源]