'female-shaped' is a compound of 'female' and 'shaped'. 'Female' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'femina' (via Old French 'femele'), where the root 'femina' meant 'woman'. 'Shaped' originates from Old English, specifically the verb 'sceapan' (Middle English 'shapen'), where the root meant 'to form' or 'to create'.

'female' passed into Middle English from Old French 'femele' (derived from Latin 'femina'), becoming modern English 'female'; 'shape' derived from Old English 'sceap'/'sceapan' (Middle English 'shape'), with the adjectival/past-participle form 'shaped' used to indicate formed or having a specified form. The compound 'female-shaped' follows modern English compounding patterns to mean 'having the form of a female.'

Initially, the elements referred separately to 'woman' ('female') and 'to form' ('shaped'); combined as 'female-shaped' the meaning has remained literal: 'having the form of a woman or female organism.'