'laminated' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'lamina', where 'lamina' meant 'thin plate, layer'.

'laminate' developed from Late Latin 'laminatus' (past participle of 'laminare') and entered English via scholarly/technical usage; it became the modern English adjective/past form 'laminated'.

Initially, it meant 'made into or formed of thin plates or layers'; over time it evolved into the common modern sense of 'covered or bonded with a thin protective layer' (e.g., plastic).