'arterialise' originates from English adjective 'arterial' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ise' (a variant of '-ize'), where 'arterial' comes ultimately from Latin 'arteria' meaning 'artery'. 「arterialise」は英語形容詞『arterial』と動詞化接尾辞「-ise（-izeの変種）」から起こり、『arterial』は最終的に「動脈」を意味するラテン語『arteria』に由来する。

'arterial' in English derives via Old French and Medieval Latin from Latin 'arteria', which in turn comes from Greek 'ἀρτηρία' (artería). The verb form 'arterialize/arterialise' developed in modern English by adding the productive suffix '-ize/-ise' to the adjective 'arterial', and 'arterialised' is the past/past-participle form.

Initially, derivatives of 'arteria' referred to the physical 'artery' (and historically to windpipes in some usages); over time the adjective 'arterial' acquired the meaning 'relating to arteries' and the verb 'arterialise' extended that to mean 'to give the characteristics of an artery' or 'to convert (blood) to an arterial state', which is the modern usage.