'stomata-bearing' originates from English combining 'stomata' (from Greek 'stoma') and the suffix '-bearing' (from Old English 'beran'), where 'stoma' meant 'mouth' and 'beran' meant 'to carry'.

'stomata' entered English via New Latin 'stoma'/'stomata' from Greek 'stoma', while '-bearing' derives from Old English 'beran' through Middle English 'beren' to Modern English 'bear', and these elements combined to form the compound 'stomata-bearing'.

Initially the elements literally conveyed 'mouth' + 'carrying', but the compound evolved in botanical usage to mean 'having stomata' (possessing the microscopic pores).