'unschooling-minded' originates from English, specifically the combination of 'unschooling' and the adjective-forming element 'minded', where 'un-' meant 'not', 'schooling' referred to formal education, and 'minded' meant 'having a disposition or tendency'.

'unschooling-minded' developed by combining the relatively recent noun 'unschooling' (a modern term popularized in the mid-20th century to describe child-led learning) with the older adjective-forming use of 'minded' (as in 'open-minded' or 'family-minded'), producing a compound adjective describing a disposition toward unschooling.

Initially it would have simply suggested 'not school-oriented' (a literal negation), but over time it has come to denote a positive inclination toward the specific educational philosophy of unschooling.