'elegantly-shown' originates from the combination of 'elegant' and 'shown', where 'elegant' comes from Latin 'elegans', meaning 'tasteful' and 'shown' is the past participle of 'show', from Old English 'sceawian', meaning 'to look at'.

'elegans' transformed into the French word 'élégant', and eventually became the modern English word 'elegant'. 'Sceawian' evolved into the Middle English 'schewen', and eventually became the modern English word 'show'.

Initially, 'elegant' meant 'tasteful or refined', and 'shown' meant 'to look at or display'. Together, they convey the idea of something being displayed in a refined manner.