'consistently-borne' originates from the combination of 'consistent' and 'borne', where 'consistent' means 'acting or done in the same way over time' and 'borne' is the past participle of 'bear', meaning 'carried'.

'consistently-borne' evolved from the Middle English 'consistente' and 'boren', eventually forming the modern English compound adjective 'consistently-borne'.

Initially, it meant 'carried in a consistent manner', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.