English

geocontainer

From geo- + container.

Proto-Hellenic *gaya

Ancient Greek γῆ ‘earth’

English geo-

Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’

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Latin continēre

Old French contenir ‘to control oneself, to keep one's feelings…’

Middle English conteinen

Middle English conteiner

Today it means

noun A geosynthetic container filled with sand or similar material and used underwater as part of a dam, etc.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / geocontainer