'amino-producing' is a compound formed from 'amino' and 'producing'. 'Amino' originates from 19th-century chemical usage, ultimately from French 'amine' (coined from 'ammonia'), where 'amine' referred to nitrogen-containing organic compounds; 'producing' originates from Latin 'producere', where 'pro-' meant 'forward' and 'ducere' meant 'to lead'.

'amino' developed as a combining form in modern chemical English (from 'amine', itself from French and ultimately related to 'ammonia'), and 'produce' entered English from Latin via Old French and Middle English (from Latin 'producere'). The modern compound 'amino-producing' is a transparent, productive English formation combining the combining form 'amino-' with the present-participial adjective 'producing'.

Initially, 'amino' was part of nouns like 'amine' (referring to derivatives of ammonia); over time it became a combining form meaning 'related to amino acids or amines.' 'Produce' originally meant 'to lead forward' (Latin) and developed into 'to make or create'; the compound now specifically means 'making or synthesizing amino (compounds/ acids)'.