'engraved-printed' originates from Modern English, specifically the combination of the past participles 'engraved' and 'printed', where 'engraved' comes from the verb 'engrave' meaning 'to cut or carve into a surface' and 'printed' comes from the verb 'print' meaning 'to press an image or text onto a surface.'

'engraved' derives from Middle English 'engraven' (past participle of 'engraven'), influenced by Old French 'engraver'; 'printed' derives from Middle English 'printen' (to press or imprint), ultimately connected to words meaning 'press'. The compound form arose in English by joining the two past participles to describe items produced by those methods.

Initially, 'engrave' and 'print' separately referred to cutting/carving and pressing/imprinting respectively; over time the compound came to describe items specifically produced by engraving and then printing (i.e., printed from engraved plates).