'V-shaped' originates from the English letter 'V', which is derived from the Latin alphabet, and the word 'shape', which comes from Old English 'gesceap', meaning 'form' or 'figure'.

'V-shaped' combines the letter 'V' with the word 'shape', a term that has been used in English since the Middle Ages to describe the form or outline of an object.

Initially, it meant 'having the form of the letter V', and this meaning has remained consistent in modern usage.