'virtue-related' is a modern English compound formed from the noun 'virtue' and the adjective 'related'. 'virtue' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'virtus', where 'virtus' meant 'manliness' and 'excellence'. 'related' ultimately comes from Latin 'relatus', the past participle of 'referre', where 're-' meant 'back' and 'ferre' meant 'to carry'.

'virtue' entered English via Old French 'vertu' and Middle English 'vertu' from Latin 'virtus'; 'related' developed from Latin 'relatus' through Old French and Middle English forms and became the adjectival past participle 'related' in Modern English. The compound 'virtue-related' is a recent formation using the productive pattern noun + -related.

Initially, 'virtus' referred to manliness and excellence and over time shifted toward the broader notion of moral goodness; 'relatus' originally meant 'carried back' but developed into a sense of 'connected' or 'having a relationship to'. Combined as 'virtue-related', the phrase now means 'connected to moral goodness or matters of virtue'.