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Concrete is borrowed from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrēscō ‘to harden’ (con- + crēscō ‘to grow’).

1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscō¹‘to grow’
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcrēscō¹‘to curdle, harden’
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcrētus¹‘hardened’
4. Englishearliest quotation a. 1556concrete¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English concrete
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1556, Hugh Latimer, The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God: “I cannot wholly expreſs him, I wot not what…”.