'backend-oriented' originates from the combination of 'backend' and 'oriented', where 'backend' refers to the server-side operations of a system and 'oriented' means focused or directed towards.

'backend' evolved from the term 'back end', which referred to the rear part of something, and 'oriented' comes from the Latin 'orientare', meaning to arrange or direct.

Initially, 'backend' referred to the rear part of something, but in computing, it evolved to mean server-side operations. 'Oriented' has maintained its meaning of being directed towards something.