Etymograph

English

concretion

Concretion may come from French concrétion.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcrétion1uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1844concretion1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English concretion
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1844, Charles Darwin: “Of the three beds, the central one is the…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcrétionWiktionary, English concretionuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1844concretionWiktionary, English concretion. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1844, Charles Darwin: “Of the three beds, the central one is the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

create, creative, creator, creature, cereal, creole, kore, procreation, creat, 25 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti

crew, 9 more

through Latin crēscō ‘to rise, grow, grow up’

increase, increasing, decrease, crescent, croissant, excrement, increment, cru, accretion, 9 more

Today it means

noun The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “concretion”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / French concrétion / concretion

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