'artificially-aged' originates from the combination of 'artificial' and 'aged', where 'artificial' comes from Latin 'artificialis', meaning 'made by art', and 'aged' from Old French 'aage', meaning 'age'.

'artificialis' transformed into the Old French 'artificiel', and eventually became the modern English word 'artificial'. 'Aage' transformed into the Middle English 'age', and eventually became the modern English word 'aged'.

Initially, 'artificial' meant 'made by art', and 'aged' meant 'having lived for a long time'. Over time, 'artificially-aged' evolved to mean 'subjected to a process to simulate aging'.