'amphibole-laden' is a compound formed from 'amphibole' + 'laden'. 'Amphibole' entered scientific English from Modern Latin/German based on Greek 'amphibolos', where the prefix 'amphi-' meant 'on both sides' or 'around' and the Greek root related to 'ballein' (to throw) contributed to the original sense of 'ambiguous' or 'doubly characterized'. 'Laden' comes from Old English 'hladan' meaning 'to load'.

The mineral name 'amphibole' was adopted into mineralogical Latin and German usage in the 18th–19th centuries from Greek 'amphibolos', and later combined with the English adjective 'laden' (from Old English 'hladan' → Middle English 'laden') to form the descriptive compound 'amphibole-laden' in modern geological writing.

Originally 'amphibole' referred to a mineral group named from Greek implying 'ambiguous' (reflecting variable composition); over time it came to denote a defined group of dark inosilicate minerals. The compound 'amphibole-laden' developed to mean 'loaded with amphibole minerals' with that specific mineralogical sense.