'stamen-bearing' is a compound of 'stamen' and 'bearing'. 'stamen' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'stamen', where it originally meant 'warp, thread' and came to be used (via Neo-Latin) for the filament of a flower; 'bearing' originates from Old English, specifically the verb 'beran', where it meant 'to carry'.

'stamen' entered English through Neo-Latin in the 17th century from Latin 'stamen'; 'bearing' comes from Old English 'beran'. The compound 'stamen-bearing' developed in modern botanical English (19th–20th century) to describe organs or flowers that carry stamens.

Initially 'stamen' meant 'warp, thread' in Latin, but over time it took on the specific botanical meaning 'filament of a flower'; 'bearing' has retained the sense 'carrying', and together they evolved to mean 'carrying stamens' in contemporary botanical usage.