'androgen-supplementing' originates from English as a compound of 'androgen' and 'supplementing', where 'androgen' comes from Greek 'andr-' meaning 'man' and the suffix '-gen' meaning 'producer', and 'supplementing' derives from Latin 'supplementum' meaning 'that which fills up'.

'androgen' was formed in modern medical Latin/English from Greek elements (for example Greek 'andr-' + '-gen'), while 'supplement' comes from Latin 'supplementum' -> Old French/Medieval Latin forms -> Middle English 'supplement', later producing the modern verb 'supplement' and the present participle 'supplementing'; these parts combined in modern English to form the compound 'androgen-supplementing'.

Initially the separate elements meant 'male-producing' (androgen) and 'that which fills up or completes' (supplement); over time these combined in technical English to mean 'adding or providing male hormones', specifically describing therapies or actions that increase androgen levels.