'arteriorrhagia' originates from Greek and Latin medical formation: the combining form 'arterio-' ultimately from Latin 'arteria' (from Greek 'artēria') meaning 'artery,' plus the suffix '-rrhagia' from Greek 'rhagia' meaning 'bursting forth' or 'excessive flow.'

'arteriorrhagia' developed from Greek/Latin compound elements: Greek 'rhagē/rhagia' (bursting forth) and Latin/Medieval Latin use of 'arteria' combined into Late Latin/medical Neo-Latin terms and then adopted into modern English medical vocabulary as 'arteriorrhagia.'

Initially formed to denote a bursting forth from an artery (literally 'artery bursting forth'), its modern meaning is 'bleeding from an artery' or 'arterial hemorrhage.'