'aluminium-made' originates from Modern English, formed from the noun 'aluminium' (from New Latin 'aluminium', ultimately from Latin 'alumen' meaning 'bitter salt') and the past-participial/adjectival word 'made' (from Old English 'macian', 'to make').

'aluminium' was coined in the early 19th century (popularized as 'aluminium' instead of Davy's early suggestion 'alumium') from New Latin 'aluminium' and Latin 'alumen'; 'made' derives from Old English 'macian' → Middle English 'maken' and became Modern English 'make'/'made'. The compound 'aluminium-made' is a modern descriptive formation combining these elements.

Initially the components denoted the material ('aluminium') and the act/result of making ('made'); when combined the compound straightforwardly came to mean 'made of aluminium' with little semantic shift.