'intentionally-refused' originates from the combination of 'intentionally' and 'refused', where 'intentionally' comes from Latin 'intentio' meaning 'a stretching out' and 'refused' from Latin 'refusare' meaning 'to reject'.

'intentionally-refused' changed from the combination of 'intentional' and 'refuse' in English, eventually becoming the modern English term 'intentionally-refused'.

Initially, it meant 'deliberately rejected', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.