'honestly-stated' originates from the combination of 'honestly' and 'stated', where 'honestly' comes from Old French 'honeste', meaning 'honorable', and 'stated' from Latin 'status', meaning 'position'.

'honestly' evolved from Middle English 'honest', and 'stated' from Middle English 'stat', eventually forming the modern English term 'honestly-stated'.

Initially, 'honestly' meant 'honorable', and 'stated' meant 'positioned', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'expressed truthfully'.