'nonlaminated' originates from Modern English, specifically the prefix 'non-' plus the past participle 'laminated', where 'non-' meant 'not' and 'laminate' is derived from Latin 'lamina' meaning 'thin plate, layer'.

'laminate' comes from Latin 'lamina' (meaning 'thin plate, layer'), passed into Late Latin/Old French and Middle English as 'laminate'/'laminè', and eventually formed the English verb 'laminate' and its past participle 'laminated'; the modern compound 'nonlaminated' is formed by adding the productive English prefix 'non-'.

Initially related to 'thin plate' or 'layer' (Latin 'lamina'), by the 20th century 'laminate' came to mean 'to bond layers together or cover with a protective film'; 'nonlaminated' therefore came to mean 'not having been so covered or bonded'.