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Where does “container” come from?

Container comes from Middle English conteyner, meaning a vessel or thing that contains.

container (English): Someone who contains; something that contains; An...

Definitions

  1. Someone who contains; something that contains; An...

Ancestry of “container”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishconteyner—

Words derived from “container”

  • containerization
  • containership
  • containerisation
  • containerless
  • containerboard
  • nanocontainer
  • containerize
  • containerload
  • containerful
  • containerlike
  • microcontainer
  • containerizable
  • thermocontainer
  • nanotainer
  • portainer
  • noncontainerizable
  • geocontainer
  • container
  • transcontainer
  • container
  • portacontainer
  • контейнер
  • container
  • Kontainer
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