'amine-stabilizing' originates from a compound of 'amine' and 'stabilize'. 'Amine' comes from Neo-Latin/French 'amine' (from 'ammonia' ultimately from Latin/Greek roots referring to ammonium compounds), and 'stabilize' comes from French 'stabiliser' from Latin 'stabilis' meaning 'stable'.

'amine-stabilizing' developed in scientific English as the phrase 'amine stabilizing' (two words) in technical literature and later appears hyphenated ('amine-stabilizing') as a compound adjective used to describe additives or treatments that stabilize amines.

Initially the elements referred simply to 'amines' and to 'making stable'; over time the compound came to be used specifically for agents or processes that prevent chemical degradation of amine-containing substances.