'anthranilate-derived' originates from Modern English, specifically from the chemical noun 'anthranilate' (from New Latin terms related to anthranilic acid) combined with the past-participle 'derived' (from Latin 'derivare'), where 'anthranilate' refers to the anthranilate chemical group and 'derivare' meant 'to draw off or derive'.

'anthranilate' was formed in chemical nomenclature in the 19th–20th century from names for anthranilic acid; 'derived' entered English earlier via Latin 'derivare' and Middle English usage. The compound adjective developed by combining the chemical noun with the past-participle 'derived' to indicate origin or source.

Initially the components indicated the chemical name and the action 'to derive'; over time the compound came to be used specifically to mean 'originating from or synthesized from anthranilate' in chemical contexts.