'inflorescence-bearing' originates from English, formed by combining the noun 'inflorescence' (from Modern Latin 'inflorescentia') and the verb 'bear' (Old English 'beran'), where 'inflorescentia' meant 'a beginning to bloom' and 'beran' meant 'to carry'.

'inflorescence' comes via Modern Latin 'inflorescentia' from Latin 'inflorescere' ('in-' + 'florescere' meaning 'to begin to bloom'); this entered scientific English and became the noun 'inflorescence'. 'Bear' comes from Old English 'beran' through Middle English 'beren' to Modern English 'bear'; the compound 'inflorescence-bearing' was created in English by joining these elements to describe plants that carry inflorescences.

Initially, Latin 'inflorescere' meant 'to begin to bloom' and Old English 'beran' meant 'to carry'; over time 'inflorescence' became a noun meaning 'a flower cluster' and the compound came to mean 'carrying/producing flower clusters'.