'hand-delivered' originates from the combination of 'hand' and 'deliver', where 'hand' refers to the physical act of giving and 'deliver' means to bring or transport something to a destination.

'hand-deliver' changed from the Old English word 'hand' and the Latin word 'deliberare', eventually becoming the modern English term 'hand-deliver'.

Initially, it meant 'to give something by hand', and over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'delivered by hand'.