'comfortably-placed' originates from the combination of 'comfortable' and 'place', where 'comfortable' meant 'providing physical ease' and 'place' meant 'a particular position or point in space'.

'comfortably-placed' evolved from the Middle English 'comfort' and 'place', eventually becoming the modern English term 'comfortably-placed'.

Initially, it meant 'securely positioned', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.