English
concrete
Concrete is borrowed from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrēscō ‘to harden’ (con- + crēscō ‘to grow’).
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscō‘to grow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcrēscō‘to curdle, harden’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcrētus‘hardened’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1556concrete
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscō‘to grow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcrēscō‘to curdle, harden’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcrētus‘hardened’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1556concrete
Earliest quotation: a. 1556, Hugh Latimer, The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God: “I cannot wholly expreſs him, I wot not what…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
among, gain, comply, hind, likeness, kata, limbed, 31 more
through Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’
cum, consideration, cue, 14 more
through Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
consider, competition, conference, counter, consistent, con, commodity, compulsory, compel, contra, concierge, connotation, condiment, condescend, 15 more
Today it means
adj Real, actual, tangible.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin crēscō / concrete