'presegmented' originates from Latin elements: the prefix 'pre-' from Latin 'prae' meaning 'before', combined with 'segment' from Latin 'segmentum' (from 'secare') where 'segmentum' meant 'a piece cut off' and 'secare' meant 'to cut'.

'presegmented' developed by attaching the productive English prefix 'pre-' to the past-participle/adjectival form of 'segment'. 'Segment' entered English via Middle English (from Old French and directly from Latin 'segmentum'), and modern formations like 'presegmented' follow regular English word-formation patterns.

Initially, the root 'segment' was associated with 'a thing cut' or 'a cut piece'; over time it came to mean 'a part or division'. With the prefix 'pre-', the meaning evolved to 'divided into parts beforehand' (i.e., 'segmented in advance').