'angina-suggestive' originates from Modern English as a compound of 'angina' and 'suggestive'. 'angina' originates from Latin 'angina', ultimately from Greek 'ankhonē', where 'ankhonē' meant 'strangling' or 'choking'. 'suggestive' originates from Latin 'suggestivus', from 'suggerere' (from 'sub-' meaning 'under' and 'gerere' meaning 'to carry/place').

'angina' passed into Medieval and Late Latin from Greek 'ankhonē' and entered English via Latin/French medical usage; 'suggestive' came through Latin and Old/Middle French into English as 'suggestive', and the hyphenated compound 'angina-suggestive' is a modern English formation used in clinical descriptions.

Initially 'angina' referred to a choking or strangling sensation (Greek), and 'suggestive' meant 'serving to suggest'; over time the compound came to mean 'serving as a sign that is suggestive of angina' (i.e., pointing toward a diagnosis of angina).