'hand-drawn' originates from the combination of 'hand' and 'drawn', where 'hand' refers to manual effort and 'drawn' is the past participle of 'draw', meaning to create an image.

'hand-drawn' evolved from the Old English word 'hand' and the Middle English word 'drawen', eventually forming the modern English term 'hand-drawn'.

Initially, it meant 'created by hand', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.