'aloe-containing' is a modern English compound formed from 'aloe' (from Greek 'alōē' via Latin 'aloe') and 'contain' (from Latin 'continēre', where 'con-' meant 'together' and 'tenēre' meant 'to hold').

'aloe' came into English via Latin 'aloe' from Greek 'alōē', while 'contain' derives from Latin 'continēre' which passed into Old French as 'contenir' and into Middle English as forms like 'containen' before becoming modern English 'contain'. The compound 'aloe-containing' is a straightforward modern formation combining these elements.

Initially the elements referred separately to the plant 'aloe' and the action 'to hold together'; over time they combined in modern English to mean 'containing aloe'.