'concrete-built' originates from English, specifically a compound of the adjective 'concrete' and the past participle 'built' (from the verb 'build'), where 'concrete' ultimately derives from Latin 'concretus' and 'build' derives from Old English 'byldan'/'byldan'-type roots meaning 'to construct'.

'concrete' changed from Latin 'concretus' (from the verb 'concrescere') into Old French and then Middle English 'concrete', and 'build' comes from Old English 'byldan' (later Middle English 'bilden'); the modern compound 'concrete-built' developed in modern English by combining these elements to describe something constructed of concrete.

Initially, Latin 'concretus' meant 'grown together' (literally 'grown or hardened together'), and Old English roots for 'build' meant 'to construct'; over time 'concrete' came to denote the cement-like material and 'built' retained the sense 'constructed', so the compound now means 'constructed of concrete'.