'characteristically-designed' originates from the combination of 'characteristic' and 'design', where 'characteristic' meant 'typical or distinctive' and 'design' meant 'to plan or create'.

'characteristic' evolved from the Greek word 'kharaktēr', meaning 'a stamping tool', and 'design' from the Latin 'designare', meaning 'to mark out'.

Initially, 'characteristic' meant 'a distinctive mark', and 'design' meant 'to mark out', but over time they evolved to mean 'typical' and 'to plan or create', respectively.