'amine-linked' originates from Modern English, formed by combining 'amine' (a chemical term coined in the 19th century from 'ammonia' with the suffix '-ine', ultimately traceable to Latin 'ammonia'/'ammoniacus') and 'linked' (the past participle of the verb 'link', meaning 'joined' or 'connected').

'amine' was coined in chemical nomenclature in the 19th century to denote derivatives of ammonia; 'linked' is the regular past participle of 'link' in English. The compound adjective 'amine-linked' arose in 20th-century scientific usage to describe species connected via an amine linkage.

Initially, 'amine' referred specifically to derivatives of ammonia; combined as 'amine-linked' it now denotes a broader structural relationship meaning 'connected via an amine group' in modern chemical contexts.