'almond-yielding' originates from Modern English, specifically the compound of 'almond' and 'yielding', where 'almond' referred to the nut and 'yielding' is the present-participle/adjectival use of 'yield' meaning 'producing'.

'almond' changed from Old French 'amande' (also 'almande') derived from Latin 'amygdala' and Greek 'amygdalē', and 'yield' came from Old English verbs related to 'gieldan/gealdan' (Middle English 'yelden'/'yielden'); the modern compound formed by combining the noun + present-participle produced the adjective 'almond-yielding'.

Initially 'almond' referred simply to the nut and 'yield' originally had senses such as 'to pay or give back'; over time 'yield' extended to mean 'to produce' (a crop), and the compound came to mean 'producing almonds'.