'aramid-based' originates from English, specifically the word 'aramid' combined with the suffix '-based', where 'aramid' referred to 'aromatic polyamide' and '-based' meant 'having X as a basis or being built on X'.

'Aramid' was coined in the mid-20th century as a clipped form of 'aromatic polyamide'; compounding that material name with the adjective-forming element '-based' produced the modern compound adjective 'aramid-based' to describe products or materials that are formed from or rely on aramid.

Initially 'aramid' denoted the material class (aromatic polyamides); over time the compound 'aramid-based' came to be used as an adjective meaning 'made from or primarily using aramid'.