'hormone-boosted' originates from the combination of 'hormone' and 'boosted', where 'hormone' refers to a regulatory substance produced in an organism and 'boosted' means increased or enhanced.

The term 'boosted' evolved from the Middle English 'bosten', meaning to boast or praise, and eventually came to mean to increase or enhance.

Initially, 'boosted' meant to praise or boast, but over time it evolved into its current meaning of increasing or enhancing something.