'arteriogenesis' originates from Greek roots, specifically 'arteria' (from Greek ἀρτηρία) and 'genesis' (from Greek γένεσις), where 'arteria' meant 'artery' and 'genesis' meant 'origin, birth'.

'arteriogenesis' was formed in modern medical/New Latin usage by combining 'arteria' + 'genesis' in the 19th–20th century scientific literature to name the process of arterial formation and growth.

Initially it denoted the general 'origin or formation of arteries'; over time it has come to be used more specifically for the growth/enlargement of pre-existing arterial vessels (collateral formation) in response to occlusion or ischemia.