'aponeuroplasty' originates from the combining form 'aponeuro-' (from 'aponeurosis') and the suffix '-plasty'; 'aponeurosis' comes from Greek 'aponeurōsis' where 'apo-' meant 'away from' and 'neuron' meant 'sinew, tendon', and '-plasty' comes from Greek 'plastikos' meaning 'to form or mold'.

'aponeuroplasty' was formed in modern medical English by combining the New Latin/Greek-derived combining form 'aponeuro-' (from Late Latin/New Latin 'aponeurosis') with the surgical suffix '-plasty' (from Greek/Latin), yielding the term used for surgical repair of an aponeurosis.

Initially the elements referred literally to 'formation' or 'molding' of an aponeurosis; over time the term came to denote the specific surgical procedure of repairing or reconstructing an aponeurosis, which is its current specialized medical meaning.