'vasculogenic' is built from the combining form 'vasculo-' (from Latin 'vasculum', diminutive of 'vas' meaning 'vessel') and the suffix '-genic' (from Greek 'genic'/'-genēs' meaning 'producing' or 'originating').

'Vasculogenesis' and related adjectives were coined in modern biomedical/embryological English (20th century) by combining classical Latin and Greek roots; the adjective 'vasculogenic' developed from these coinages to describe processes that produce blood vessels.

Initially formed to name the process 'vasculogenesis' (the de novo formation of blood vessels) and its properties, the adjective's meaning has remained specialized: 'producing or relating to the formation of blood vessels.'