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 |
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| 1 | Latin | concrētus | — |
| 2 | Latin | concrēscō | — |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |
Words derived from “concrete”