English

lunarcrete

Blend of lunar + concrete, equivalent to lunar + -crete.

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

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Proto-Italic *louksnā ‘moon’

Latin lūna ‘moon’

Latin lūnāris ‘of or pertaining to the moon, lunar’

Middle English lunar ‘shaped like the crescent moon’

English lunar

Latin crēscō ‘to grow’

Latin concrēscō ‘to curdle, harden’

Latin concrētus ‘hardened’

Today it means

noun A hypothetical concrete-like material, made from lunar matter, that could be used to build a colony on the Moon.

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

Etymograph / lunarcrete