Where does “concrete” come from?
Concrete comes from Latin concretus, the past participle of concrescere, meaning to grow together, from cresco meaning to grow, combined with the prefix com meaning together.
concrete (English): Real, actual, tangible; Being or applying to...
Definitions
- Real, actual, tangible; Being or applying to...
Ancestry of “concrete”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | concrētus | mingled |
| 2 | Latin | concrēscō | to thicken, condense, curdle, stiffen, congeal |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |