'aluminum-made' is a compound of the noun 'aluminum' and the past participle 'made'. 'Aluminum' (US) ultimately traces back to the Latin word 'alumen' (meaning 'alum' or 'bitter salt'); the modern word 'aluminium' was coined in the early 19th century and the alternative US spelling 'aluminum' became established later.

'aluminum' evolved from Latin 'alumen' → Medieval/Old forms such as 'alum' → the 19th-century coinage 'aluminium' (by Sir Humphry Davy) → the US variant spelling 'aluminum'. The element name combined with 'made' (from Old English 'macian' → 'make') produced the compound meaning 'made of aluminum'.

Originally 'alumen' referred to a substance (alum); over time the term came to denote the metal (aluminium/aluminum). The compound 'aluminum-made' came to mean 'constructed from that metal' without implying other materials.